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