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