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