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