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