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