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