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