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