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