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