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