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