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