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