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