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