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