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