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