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