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