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