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