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