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