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