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