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