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