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