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