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