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