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