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