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