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