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