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