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