1. Color Theory Basics

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3. Let's learn about....
Colors!

4. Main Menu Primary Colors Secondary Colors Quiz For Teachers
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5. You've seen the color wheel before right?
This is a simple version of the color wheel

6. This basic color wheel is made up of primary colors and secondary colors.

7. There are 3 Primary Colors

8. What is a primary color?
Primary colors are a group of colors which are used to make most other colors. You can not mix colors to make primary colors.

9. Red is a Primary Color

10. Tomatoes are red
Firetrucks are red
Cherries are red

11. Yellow is a Primary Color

12. The sun is yellow
Lemons are yellow
School busses are yellow

13. Blue is a Primary Color

14. Blueberries are blue
The sky is blue
The ocean is blue

15. Quick!
Which object should be
Red?

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18. What color is the sun?

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21. There are 3 Secondary Colors!

22. Orange is a Secondary Color
Orange is made by mixing red and yellow

23. Orange
Oranges are orange
Pumpkins are orange
Carrots are orange

24. So orange is a Secondary Color made by mixing red and yellow.

25. Purple is a Secondary Color
Purple is made by mixing red and blue
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26. Purple
Eggplants are purple
Violets are purple

27. So purple is a Secondary Color made by mixing red and blue

28. Green is a Secondary Color
Green is made by mixing yellow and blue

29. Green
Limes are green
Grass is green
Clovers are green

30. So green is a secondary color made by mixing yellow and blue

31. Help me out! Blue and Red Red and Yellow Yellow and Blue
When I want green, what colors do I mix?
Blue and Red
Red and Yellow
Yellow and Blue

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34. Complementary Colors
A complementary color is a color that lies on the opposite side of a color on the color wheel

35. Let’s see some examples

36. Example Red is a complementary color of green.
And green is a complementary color of red.

37. Example Blue is a complementary color of orange.
And orange is a complementary color of blue.

38. Can you guess what color is complementary to yellow?
Hint: look at the color wheel!
red
orange
purple

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41. Quiz! Let’s see what you have learned! Feel free to go back to a
lesson if you’re having trouble.

42. When I mix red and blue what do I get?

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45. When I mix red and yellow, what color do I get?

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48. What color does blue and yellow make?

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51. Red is a….
Primary color
Secondary color

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54. Purple is a…
Primary color
Secondary color

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57. Orange is the complementary color of…
Red
Purple
Blue

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60. Which object is usually green?

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63. Red is the complementary color of…
Blue
Orange
Green

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66. The three primary colors are…
Red, Blue and Purple
Yellow, Blue and Red
Orange, Green, and Purple

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69. The three secondary colors are…
Red, Green, and Orange
Orange, Green, and Purple
Blue, Red, and Yellow

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73. Target Audience
Learner Environment
Objectives
Standards
Resources

74. Learner Environment
This activity can be done as a small (2-5) group activity, an individual activity with the student alone at the computer, or a student with an adult as a helper.
This can be done in the classroom, computer lab, or at home for a homework project.

75. Target Audience 1st and/or 2nd graders Middle class to lower class
Boys and girls
Urban/ suburban/ rural
Some previous knowledge of the color wheel

76. Objectives
Students will successfully be able to identify primary, secondary, complementary colors with 100% accuracy.
Students will be able to identify which primary colors make up secondary colors with 100% accuracy.

77. Standards
2.7 Students apply the elements and principles and discriminate various lines, shapes, forms, textures, colors, and space. They identify two and three- dimensional works of art, visual characteristics of media, and utilize appropriate media and processes in artwork, demonstrating safe and proper use of materials.
2.8 Students identify connections between visual art and other disciplines, and they create artwork using content and sign systems from other subject areas.

78. Resources