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