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