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