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