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