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