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