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