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