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