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