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