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