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