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