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