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