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