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