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