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