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