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