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