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