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