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