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