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