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