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