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