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