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