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