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