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