Arts Activities on Hot and Cold Colors

We've selected some activities about warm and cool colors, ready to print!

In the universe of colors, we have two classifications or sub-classifications for colors, they are: cold or hot.

What are warm and cool colors?

cold colors: are the colors associated with water, ice, sky and trees: violet. Blue and green.

Hot colors: are the colors associated with the sun and fire: yellow, orange and red.

Get to know some examples of cool and warm colors:

Cool Colors – Naval Grey; steel gray; bluish gray; ultramarine blue; turquoise; white blue; greenish gray; Gray; gray stone; green pine; jade green; green forest; Brown; green herb; green prairie; green pistachio.

Warm colors – Ivory; hazelnut; salmon; magenta; terracotta; peach; tangerine. Strawberry; intense pink; pale pink; mallow; Orchid; fuchsia; carmine; beef; natural siena; mahogany; grenat; loquat yellow; red fire; silver gray.

Below we have selected some activities for teachers to apply in the classroom or as a duty from home, the latter being very important for students to continue practicing outside the classroom. class. Enjoy!

Colors have their luminance values. Some are happier and more vivid, these we classify as warm colors. They resemble the sun, fire, and convey excitement, heat, adventure. That's why they are derived from red.

Colors that are darker and sadder we classify as cool colors. They resemble the cold, the shade, the calm. These colors are derived from blue.

There are colors that are balanced like: yellow. The shades of purple can be classified as warm or cool, as they have both blue and red.

Exercises (Click on the image to enlarge)

drawing to color hot and cold colors

1. What are warm colors?

1. What are cool colors?

1. Which of the colors below is not considered a cool color?

orange blue violet yellowish green

1. The purple or violet color comes from the mixture of two primary colors, forming a secondary color is the mixture of:

a)( ) red + orange

b)( ) yellow + blue

c)( ) blue + red

d)( ) red + blue

1. Put ( C ) for the right alternative and ( E ) for the wrong alternative.

a) Cold colors are associated with water, ice, sky, and trees: violet, blue and green. ( )

b) Warm colors are associated with sun and fire. ( )

c) Warm colors are: orange, purple, red. ( )

d) Warm colors feel warm. ( )

e) Cold colors give us the feeling of cold. ( )

6.Paint the landscape in cool colors.

7.Paint the landscape with warm colors.