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