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