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