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