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