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