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