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