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