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