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