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