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