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