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