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