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