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