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