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