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