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