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