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