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