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