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