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