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