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