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