Do Now: What is this?

Other types of Color Wheels

ELEMENT OF DESIGN:

Pigments and

COLOR!

Pigments

A material (paint) that changes the color of reflected

or transmitted light

Tempera Paint

Colored pigments mixed with water

Water soluble

2 Main Color Categories

PRIMARY COLORS:

Three colors that make other colors when mixed

Red Yellow Blue

SECONDARY COLORS 1. Made from two primary colors

2. Primary + Primary = Secondary

Orange Green Purple

Combinations

R + B = P

R + Y = O

B + Y = G

Color Order

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet

ROYGBV

How to read a color wheel

Color wheels show us:

Color order

Categories

Opposites

Color mixing

What do you think we call this group of colors?

Neutral Colors

Black + White = Grey

Brown = 3 Primaries

(more red and yellow)

Tint

A color + White

+ =

Shade

A color mixed with black

+ =

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Do Now: Review: Explain what information this color wheel is showing you.

Warm and Cool Colors

Warm and Cool Colors

The visual temperature of a color

Can symbolize emotions, moods, personality traits, places

List what colors you would use to represent

a hot temperature.

Warm Colors

Red

Orange

Yellow

List what colors you would use to represent

a cold temperature.

Cool Colors

Blue

Green

Purple

Observe the two green squares below. Compare and

contrast the two colors.

A B

Which purple is a cool purple and explain

why?

A B