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