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