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