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