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