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