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