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