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