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