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