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