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