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