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