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