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