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