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