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