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