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