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