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