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