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