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