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