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