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