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