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