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