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