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