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