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