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