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