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