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