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