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