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