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