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