Color
1. Elements of Art: Color
What is a color wheel?
A color wheel is an abstract organization of color hues around a circle, which shows the relationships between primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors etc.
2. Primary Colors: Red, Blue, Yellow
Primary Colors
Primary colors are basic colors that can be mixed together to produce other colors.
Red, blue and yellow are the three primary colors.
You CANNOT mis colors to create red, blue and yellow.
Watch the first half of the video "The Color Wheel."
Fill out the worksheet that looks like the image on the right.
The worksheet can be found here:
The worksheet can be found above or in google classroom.
Use the three primary colors to color in the three biggest circles on your worksheet.
4. Secondary Colors: Orange, Green, Purple
A secondary color is a color made by mixing two primary colors.
Red + Blue = Purple
Red + Yellow = Orange
Blue + Yellow = Green
Watch the second Half of the video.
6. Remaining colors?
Can you figure out what the remaining colors are?
7. Answer:
If you mix red and orange you get red-orange
If you mix orange and yellow you get yellow-orange
If you mix green and yellow you get yellow-green
If you mix blue and purple you get blue-purple
If you mix red and purple you get purple-red
8. Warm Colors:
Warms colors:
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Red
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Yellow
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Orange
Think fire and volcanoes!
Watch the video on the right.
9. Cool Colors:
Cool colors:
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Blue
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Green
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Purple
Think Freezing cold snow, and rain forests!
11. Complementary Colors
Complementary colors are OPPOSITE each other on the color wheel.
Complementary Colors:
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Red & Green
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Orange & Blue
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Yellow & Purple / Violet
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Green & Magenta
Watch the first half of the video:
12. Analogous Colors
Analogous colors are groups of three colors that are next to each other on the color-wheel, sharing a common color, with one being the dominant color, which tends to be a primary or secondary color, and a tertiary. Red, orange, and red-orange are examples.
13. Analogous Colors Continued . . .
Watch the other half of the video and fill out
the complementary colors section on your worksheet.
14. Split Complementary Colors
A color and the two colors next to its complement on the color wheel.
They make a triangle!
15. Color Scheme Designs
Fill out this worksheet:
16. Tints & Shades
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A tint is the mixture of a color with white, which increases lightness.
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A shade is the mixture of a color with black, which reduces lightness.
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Another way to reduce chroma is by mixing the color's complement.
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Watch video
17. Tints & Shades Continued . . .
Fill out this worksheet. You may use any color other than green.
18. Color & Emotion
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Color can express feelings and emotions.
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Look through the colors below and see if there are any that you disagree with!
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Watch Video and fill out the Color & Emotion worksheet.
19. Project
Now that you understand color a bit better, you are to make your own color wheel. You can be as creative as you want with this project!
You must:
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Use colored pencils
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Create color wheel in the correct order
Examples:
21. Color Quiz
Once you have your worksheets and project turned in, take the quiz in google classrooms titled: "Color Test."
