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