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