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