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