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