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