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