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