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