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