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