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