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