Hot and cold colours
I can identify and mix hot and cold colours.
Hot and cold colours
I can identify and mix hot and cold colours.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Know that a hot colour palette includes yellow, orange and red.
- Know that a cold colour palette includes green, purple and blue.
- Know that tints and shades can be used to extend a palette of colour, and that these can affect our mood or feeling.
Keywords
Hot colours - hues, tints and shades of yellow, orange and red
Cold colours - hues, tints and shades of green, blue and purple
Palette - the name we give to a group of colours that are used within an artwork
Common misconception
Hot or cold colours can change the temperature.
Remind children that these colours do not really change the temperature, but they can make people feel warmer by looking at them, as they remind them of hot things like the sun or a fire.
Equipment
Poster paint in red, blue, yellow, white and black, paintbrushes, water pots, a range of materials to manipulate the paint and use as painting tools, such as conkers, leaves and pinecones.
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
4 Questions
Primary colour
Secondary colour
Primary colour
Secondary colour
Exit quiz
4 Questions
Secondary colour
Primary colour
Secondary colour
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