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