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