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