The Colors A lesson and quiz on the primary and secondary colors, mixing, values, tints and shades. Click a shape below to travel to the introduction page, learn about the colors or take the color quiz. Quiz Introduction Introduction Introduction Introduction Lesson Lesson Lesson

Click the right hand to move forward -- Introduction The Subject: Within this lesson students will learn about the primary and secondary colors, mixing colors, values, tints and shades. This lesson is an introduction for the lesson “Color Wheel Clowns” found on the website Deepspacesparkle.com. “Color Wheel Clowns” is the studio production portion of this lesson. Working with paint, students will get to be the experimenters that mix secondary colors and work with values and tints as they create colorful clown paintings. Click the image to the right to view the entire lesson. Click the right hand to move forward --

Click the right hand to move forward Introduction cont. Grade Level: 2nd Grade, The Symbol-Making Stage. Learning Objectives and Standards: The students will visually depict “Color Wheel Clowns” that are draw with black oil pastel on 12”x18” white paper, that show the art elements; line, shape, pattern and color, and are drawn using imaginative and observational skills (2nd grade; 3PR, Create artworks based on imagination and observation of familiar objects and scenes). The students will visually demonstrate knowledge and craft of mixing colors, in their “Color Wheel” Clowns” to create new secondary colors and tints when given red, yellow, blue and white tempera paint (2nd grade; 1PR, Demonstrate increasing skill and craft in the use of art tools and materials with attention to their diverse qualities). Click the right hand to move forward

Click the right hand to move forward How To’s To move through the following lessons click the hand holding the paint brush at the bottom of the screen to move to the next slide and the hand on the bottom left of the screen to go to the previous slide. Click the right hand to move forward

The Color Lesson Click the star below to begin learning!

The Primary Colors The primaries are three colors of the rainbow that can not be made by mixing colors together. The primaries are and Red Blue Yellow Blue Blue

The Secondary Colors The secondaries are three colors of the rainbow that you can make. These colors are made by mixing two different primaries together. The secondaries are and Orange Green Purple

Mixing Colors Two different primary colors can be mixed together to make the secondaries. + = = + + =

Mixing Colors Click the play button below to watch a music video about mixing colors.

Value Any color can become lighter or darker. This change in color from light to dark is called a value change. Any of the new colors made are called values. Dark Light

Shades + = To make a color darker you add black to the color. The more black that is added, the darker the color becomes. This new and darker color is called a shade. + =

Tints + = To make a color lighter you add white to the color. The more white that is added, the lighter the color becomes. This new and lighter color is called a tint. Did you know that pink is actually a tint of the color red? + =

Now that you have completed the lesson, are you ready for Color Quiz? Click a shape below to redo the lesson, travel back to the home page or to take the color quiz. Take the Quiz! Redo Lesson Home

To take the quiz click on the choice that best answers the question. The Color Quiz To take the quiz click on the choice that best answers the question. Begin!

Question Which is a secondary color? Red Blue Orange Black

You’re right! Orange is a secondary color! Yay! You’re right! Orange is a secondary color! Next Question!

That is not a secondary color. You’ll get it next time. Try again! Oops That is not a secondary color. You’ll get it next time. Try again! Try Again

Question Red is a ______ color. Primary Secondary

You’re right! Red is a primary color! Yay! You’re right! Red is a primary color! Next Question!

Red is not a secondary color. That one was tricky. Try again! Oops Red is not a secondary color. That one was tricky. Try again! Try Again

Question What color is made when you mix red and blue? White Yellow Light Blue Purple

You’re right! Red and blue make purple! Yay! You’re right! Red and blue make purple! Next Question!

Red and blue don’t make that color. You can do it. Try again! Oops Red and blue don’t make that color. You can do it. Try again! Try Again

Question How do you tint a color? Add white to a color Add black to a color Mix all of the colors together You can’t make a tint

Yay! You’re right! You add white to a color to make it lighter. That is called a tint. Finish!

Oops That’s not how you make a tint. One more try and I know you can get it right. Try again! Try Again

Congratulations! You have successfully completed the color lesson and quiz! Where would you like to go: Home Citations

Citations “Primary Colors” music video by Ok Go: Go, O. (2014, June 24). Primary colors. [YouTube]. A stop-motion music video for Sesame Street. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddYUw7a4erk “Colorwheel Clowns” by Deepspacesparkle.com: Palmer, P. (June, 2014). Colorwheel clowns. Deepspacesparkle. Retrieved from http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/2014/04/17/colorwheel-clowns/ Thanks to Microsoft PowerPoint for providing clipart images, animations, sounds and slide production tools. The Ohio Department of Education: Visual Art Standards Background design for slides created by Allison Uhl. This nonlinear PowerPoint was written and designed by Allison Uhl.