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