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