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