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