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