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