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