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