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