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