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