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