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