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