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