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