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