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