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