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