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