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