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