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