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