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