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