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