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