Warm and Cool Colours Worksheet
Artist's tip (Fire or ice?): Warm: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow. Cool: blue, blue-green, green, blue-purple, purple. Hot or fiery subjects (campfire, sunset, lava) → warm colours; cold, wet or shady subjects (sea, glacier, rainy night) → cool colours.
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- 1.🌡️ Is blue a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 2.🌡️ Warm colours make us think of… (a) ice and water (b) snow and night (c) shade and rain (d) fire and sunshine
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
- 4.🌡️ Is blue-purple a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 5.🖌️ Would you paint a deep blue sea mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 6.🖌️ Would you paint the hot desert sun mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
- 8.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) blue
- 9.True or false: purple is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 10.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) green (d) yellow
- 12.🖌️ Would you paint a rainy night mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 13.🌡️ Is red a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 14.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
- 15.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: green is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these is usually painted in cool colours? (a) a deep blue sea (b) autumn leaves (c) a flaming torch (d) hot lava
- 18.🖌️ Would you paint a flaming torch mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 19.🌡️ Is yellow a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainy night (b) a shady forest (c) an icy glacier (d) a sunset sky
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hot lava (b) a shady forest (c) autumn leaves (d) the hot desert sun
- 22.True or false: blue-purple is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🌡️ In a picture, which colours seem to come forward, closer to you? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 24.True or false: a deep blue sea is usually painted in cool colours. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🌡️ Is green a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 26.🌡️ Is red-orange a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 27.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
- 28.True or false: yellow-orange is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a campfire (b) a flaming torch (c) the hot desert sun (d) a snowy mountain
- 30.True or false: the hot desert sun is usually painted in warm colours. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: yellow-orange is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sunset sky (b) a rainy night (c) a flaming torch (d) hot lava
- 33.True or false: a sunset sky is usually painted in cool colours. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these is usually painted in cool colours? (a) a flaming torch (b) the hot desert sun (c) hot lava (d) a shady forest
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) autumn leaves (b) a deep blue sea (c) hot lava (d) a sunset sky
- 36.True or false: a shady forest is usually painted in cool colours. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is usually painted in cool colours? (a) hot lava (b) a calm lake (c) a flaming torch (d) a campfire
- 38.True or false: a snowy mountain is usually painted in warm colours. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🖌️ Would you paint a sunset sky mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 40.🌡️ Which half of the colour wheel is the warm half? (a) green to purple (b) blue to green (c) red to yellow
Answer key
- cool colour
- fire and sunshine
- yellow-orange
- cool colour
- cool colours
- warm colours
- blue
- orange
- False
- red
- yellow
- cool colours
- warm colour
- yellow-orange
- False
- True
- a deep blue sea
- warm colours
- warm colour
- a sunset sky
- a shady forest
- False
- warm colours
- True
- cool colour
- warm colour
- blue-purple
- True
- a snowy mountain
- True
- False
- a rainy night
- False
- a shady forest
- a deep blue sea
- True
- a calm lake
- False
- warm colours
- red to yellow
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