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