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