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