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