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