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