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