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