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