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