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