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