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