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