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