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