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