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