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