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