COLOR WHEELS
By: Allison Tierney
What is a Color Wheel?
It is a tool used by artists to study color relationships.
It is a tool used by artists to study color relationships.
Did you know that first color wheel was made by Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) when he split a beam of light with a prism and saw a natural progression of colors.
Color wheels have changed a lot over the years
A color wheel is made up of three sets of colors. Primary Colors, Secondary Colors, and Tertiary Colors.
Can you name them?
Can you name them?
Primary Colors:
These colors can't be made RED YELLOW BLUE |
Secondary Colors:
Made by mixing two primaries GREEN ORANGE VIOLET (PURPLE) |
Tertiary Colors:
Made by mixing one primary & one secondary RED-ORANGE YELLOW-ORANGE YELLOW-GREEN BLUE-GREEN BLUE-VIOLET RED-VIOLET |
Let's Make our own
K-2
Use crayons, colored pencils, markers or paint to fill in the following color wheels. Click the image to link to a printable version - Or draw your own!
3-5
These coloring wheels are a bit different because they have 3 spaces for each color! These coloring wheels also show us tints (mixing the color with white) and shades (mixing the color with black). Are you up for the challenge?
Use crayons, colored pencils, markers or paint to fill in the following color wheels. These are coloring sheets I made based on this color wheel I painted a while back.
These coloring wheels are a bit different because they have 3 spaces for each color! These coloring wheels also show us tints (mixing the color with white) and shades (mixing the color with black). Are you up for the challenge?
Use crayons, colored pencils, markers or paint to fill in the following color wheels. These are coloring sheets I made based on this color wheel I painted a while back.
Or make your own! See below for images of other types of coloring wheels you can make. You can even use collage to make a color wheel.
Don't forget to show us what you've made!