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