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