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