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