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