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