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