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