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