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