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