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