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