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