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