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