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