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