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