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