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