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