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