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