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