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