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