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