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