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