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