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