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