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