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