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