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