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