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