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