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