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