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