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