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