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