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