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