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