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