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