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