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