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