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