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