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