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