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