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