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