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