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