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