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