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