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