The WheeI of CoIors

The WheeI of CoIors

Putty McCrury
EIST 13
CLASS OJECTIVES
Af fhe end of fhis cIoss, you wiII be obIe fo:
Discuss whof coIor fheory is.
LobeI fhe differenf porfs of fhe coIor
wheeI.
Creofe fhe differenf coIors of fhe wheeI.
Use fhese coIor combinofions fo moke your
own coIor wheeIs using differenf mediums.
COLOR THEORY
CoIor theory is u set
of principIes used to
creute hurmonious
coIor combinutions,
The coIor wheeI is u
visuuI representution
of the coIor theory,
COLOR WHEEL ORISIN
Sir Isuuc Newton pIuced u triunguIur
shuped piece of gIuss cuIIed u prism
into the sunIight,
Newton suw the ruy of sunIight
sepurute into different coIors thut
mutched the coIors of the ruinbow,
He creuted the coIor wheeI by using
uII of the coIors he suw with the
prism und connecting them in u
circIe,
USINS THE COLOR
WHEEL IN PAINTINSS
Whut coIors
from the
wheeI ure in
this puinting
by Vincent
Vun Sogh?
The Sforry Mighf (I889)
by Vincenf Von 0ogh
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We wiII be creuting busic coIor wheeIs
using different muteriuIs,
Our coIor wheeIs wiII huve these three
types of coIors in them:
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
INTERMEDIATE
PRIMARY COLORS
Primury coIors ure:
- Red
- Iue
-
-
YeIIow
YeIIow
SECONDARY COLORS
Secondury coIors ure u
miture of the primury
coIors,
Red + Iue = PurpIe {1}
Iue +
YeIIow
YeIIow = Sreen {Z}

YeIIow
YeIIow + Red = Orunge {3}
I
3
Z
INTERMEDIATE
COLORS
Intermediute coIors
ure mude by miing
one primury und one
secondury coIor,
- - YeIIow YeIIow-orunge {1}
- Red-orunge {Z}
- Red-purpIe {3}
- Iue-purpIe {4}
- Iue-green {}
- - YeIIow YeIIow-green {}
I
Z
3
4
o
b
COLOR WHEELS-
Test Your knowIedge|
Two of these ovuIs huve
the coIors in the correct
pIuce thut they wouId be
on the coIor wheeI,
Where wouId these
other coIors be Iocuted?
- Red ____
- Iue ____
- Sreen ____
- Orunge____
Z
4
I
3
COLOR WHEELS-
Test Your knowIedge|
Answers:

Red
Red
Z
Z

Iue
Iue 4

Sreen
Sreen
3
3
Orunge 1
I
4
Z
3
4
Z
3
I
MAkE YOUR OWN
EDILE COLOR WHEEL|
MuteriuIs needed:
-VuniIIu wufers
-PiIIsbury VuniIIu Frosting
-Puckuge of food coIoring
-Styrofoum bowIs/pIutes
-Nupkins/puper toweIs
-PIustic knives/spoons
Used wifh permission of www.mobeIwhife.com
MAkE YOUR OWN
EDILE COLOR WHEEL|
Instructions:
- Students wiII sepurute into groups of 3 or 4,
- Euch group wiII be given:
1Z wufers
3 bowIs of icing euch with one of the primury
coIors in it {red yeIIow und bIue}
1 PIustic knife und spoon for euch student
Z Styrofoum pIutes for euch student
- 1 for miing coIors
- 1 for hoIding wufers
Puper toweIs
Instructions continued-
- Put icing on 3 wufers using euch of the primury
coIors,
- Use the spoon to mi euch of the primury coIors
on the pIute to creute the secondury coIors {use
equuI umounts of euch coIor to creute u new
coIor}, Put euch coIor on u wufer,
- Use the spoon to mi euch of the primury und
secondury coIors on the pIute to creute the
intermediute coIors {use equuI umounts of euch
coIor to creute u new coIor}, Put euch coIor on u
wufer,
- Wipe off the knife und spoon between euch wufer
to prevent incorrect miing of the coIors,
- PIuce the coIored wufers on the pIute in u
circIe in the correct order,
EDILE COLOR
WHEEL
Con you pick
ouf fhe
primory,
secondory ond
infermediofe
wofers7
After compIeting the edibIe coIor
wheeI unswer these questions:
Whut coIor is creuted by miing bIue
und yeIIow? _________
Whut is orunge u miture of?
__________
Whut coIor is creuted by miing red
und bIue? ___________
Whut is un intermediute coIor?
_____________________________
Answers:
Whut coIor is creuted by miing bIue
und yeIIow? SREEN
Whut is orunge u miture of?
RED AND YELLOW
Whut coIor is creuted by miing red
und bIue? PURPLE
Whut is un intermediute coIor? THE
MIXTURE OF A PRIMARY AND A
SECONDARY COLOR
TIME TO EAT||||
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FINAL EVALUATION
Creute your own coIor wheeI-
- Use tempuru puint und puper provided,
- IncIude primury secondury und intermediute
coIors,
- e creutive use your imuginution|
- Turn in ut the end of the cIuss period,
Sruding for CoIor WheeI- 100 points
- OriginuI design-10 points
- Contuins primury secondury und intermediute
coIors pIuced in the correct order-
90 points
COLOR WHEEL EXAMPLES
Sruding scuIe:
- 1-Yes
- Z- No
- 3-Some
___Did this cIuss heIp you understund how the coIor
wheeI is creuted?
___Did the muteriuI given in the presentution heIp you
creute your own coIor wheeI?
___Do you know the difference between primury
secondury und intermediute coIors?
___Did the eercises in this cIuss heIp you Ieurn the
muteriuI given?
COLOR WHEEL
CLASS EVALUATION