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