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