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