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