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