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