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