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