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