Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Design your own color wheel.
Avoid the tradition “circles” color wheel.
Be creative!
Your design will show the transition of colors.
Each section should be large enough to show the color (bigger than a quarter).
Color wheels must include 12 colors:
3 Primary Colors 3 Secondary Colors 6 Tertiary Colors
Warning! Don’t try to do all 12 colors in a class period. Start with two color and work between them.
(IE. Red and Yellow = Orange = Red Orange and Yellow Orange)
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
Color Wheels
4 Panel Painting
4 Panel – 4 Color Schemes
4 Panel Painting
Create a single design that has at least 7 different sections.
The Design should fit inside a 7.5” X 10” box
Divide your board into 4 sections 7.5” X 10” and transfer the design into each box.
Paint each design using a different color scheme for each.
Monochromatic (1 Hue, 3 Tints and 3 shades)
Complementary (2 colors opposite each other)
Triadic (3 colors equally spaced)
Analogous (4 colors next to each other)
4 Panel – 4 Color Schemes
MonochromaticMonochromatic
1 Hue
3 Tints
3 shades
4 Panel – 4 Color Schemes
Complementary Complementary
Two colors opposite each other on the color wheel
Red = Green
Blue = Orange
Yellow = Purple
4 Panel – 4 Color Schemes
Triadic Triadic
Three Colors equally spaced (equilateral triangle)
Red + Yellow + Blue Green + Orange + Purple Red-Orange + Blue-Purple +
Yellow-Green Yellow-Orange + Red-Purple +
Blue-Green
4 Panel – 4 Color Schemes
Analogous Analogous
Four colors next to each other on the color wheel:
Should have a Primary, Secondary and 2 Tertiary colors
Red + Red-Orange + Orange + Yellow Orange
Blue-Purple + Purple + Red-Purple + Red
Yellow + Yellow-Green + Green + Blue-Green
4 Panel – 4 Color Schemes
4 Panel – 4 Color Schemes
4 Panel – 4 Color Schemes
4 Panel – 4 Color Schemes
4 Panel – 4 Color Schemes
4 Panel – 4 Color Schemes
4 Panel – 4 Color Schemes
4 Panel – 4 Color Schemes