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