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