C O L O R

COLOR

Primary Colors

red 

blue

yellow

• Primary colors cannot be made from other colors. 

• All other colors are made by mixing the primary colors.

Secondary Colors

Mixing 2 primary colors create the secondary colors 

• Yellow + Blue = Green

• Red + Yellow = Orange

• Blue + Red = Purple

The secondary colors are: green  orange

violet (purple)

Tertiary Colors

are created when mixing one secondary and one primary color. (i.e. blue + violet = blueviolet)

Tertiary Colors are listed below • red–orange• red–violet• yellow–orange• yellow–green• blue–violet• blue–green

Color Wheel

• There are 12 colors on a common color wheel

• A color wheel organizes the

colors depending on their

relationships with each other.

Primary Colors are positioned in a triad

or triangle

Tertiary Colors are ‘every other one’ in

a color wheel

Secondary Colors are positioned in a

triad or triangle

Assignment

• Using only yellow, red and blue colored pencils you will fill in and label the color wheel

Layering

• For Example – To make green press lightly with your first

color shading in one direction. Then take the second color and shade in the other direction. Then go back to your first color and so on until you see the color you want.

– Press slightly harder with each new layer.

STOP

Tints AND Shades• Tints -  made by mixing a color with white.

eg: pink is a tint of red. 

• Shades – made by mixing a color with black. Eg: burgandy is a shade of red.

• On the handout provided complete ONE TINT SCALE and A SHADE SCALE using tempera block paints.

HANDOUT

• On the handout I’ve given you two extra scales so that you can practice.

• Put your name on your handout ASAP

• If your paper is wet put in onto the drying rack

• When complete please cut out and glue one TINT SCALE and one SHADE SCALE into your sketchbook.

PROJECT

On the paper given to you -

• 8 symbols that represent you or your life in some way. Work should be original (no rainbows, hearts or marijuana leaves.)

PROJECT

• Each symbol must be painted with a tint or a shade.

PROJECT

• If the symbol is a positive part of you it will be painted with a tint.

• If the symbol is a negative part of your life it will be painted with a shade. (you can choose your own colors)

PLANNINGcomplete chart

Symbol how it represents you

Color Shade (Negative) or Tint (Positive)

Stop

Color Schemes

Complimentary Colors

• are across from each other on the color wheel.

• red and green

• blue and orange

• yellow and purple

AssignmentMaterials Supplied

– Paper squares– White Oil Pastel– Tempera Block Paints

Take 1 paper square from each of the piles provided.

With the pastel, draw 1 object on each square. Press hard.

The 3 techniques below must be used (1 technique per square)

CONTOUR

CONTINUOUS CONTOUR

BLIND CONTOUR

Assign’t Continued

• Once your images are drawn– fill in the background with the paper’s

complimentary color. – Eg: if your paper is blue you use orange paint

to fill in the background of your drawing.

COMPLIMENTARY PAIRS

red and greenblue and orangeyellow and purple

Monochromatic Colors

• Monochromatic colors are

the tints and shades

of a single color                                                                                          

Warm & Cool Colours

•

Warm Colors

Cool Colors

Analogous• Colours that

are right beside each other on the colour wheel

• When complements are mixed they produce a brown.

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Grade 11 & 12 only

Colour Has 3 Properties

• Hue• Intensity • Value

Hue

Intensity • Complimentary

colours, when placed together appear more intense.

Intensity

• Complimentary pairs when mixed produce dull and neutral colors. 

Split Complimentary• A colour on the

wheel and the two colours “almost opposite” from it