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