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