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