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