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