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