ART II – COLOR CHART
NAME:_______________________
LESSON FOCUS:
This lesson focuses on color mixing and learning the vocabulary of color.
VOCABULARY:
Color: Element of art derived from reflective light.
Color wheel: A tool for organizing color that shows the spectrum bent into a circle.
Complementary colors: Two colors opposite one another on the color wheel. A
complement of a color absorbs all the light waves the color reflects and is the strongest
contrast to the color. Mixing a hue with its complementary color dulls it. Red and green
are complementary colors.
Hue: Name of a spectral color.
Intensity: Brightness or dullness of a color. A pure hue is called a high-intensity color. A
dulled hue (a color mixed with its complement) is called a low-intensity color.
Intermediate (tertiary) color: A color made by mixing a primary color with a secondary
color. Red-orange is an intermediate color.
Primary colors: The basic colors of red, yellow and blue from which it is possible to mix
all the other colors of the spectrum.
Secondary colors: The colors obtained by mixing equal amounts of two primary colors.
The secondary colors are orange, green and violet.
Shade: Dark value of a hue made by adding black to it.
Tint: Light value of a hue made by adding white to it.
Value: Element of art that deals with darkness or lightness.
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Design and paint a color chart that includes the following:
A color wheel
A ten step intensity scale for one of the primary colors.
A seven step value scale for the three primary colors.
The complements of the three primary colors.
You may use red, yellow, blue, black and white paints only!
You MUST MIX the secondary and intermediate colors, DO NOT USE
THEM OUT OF THE BOTTLE OR TUBE!!!
MATERIALS:
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16”x 20 paper or board
tempera paints only
assorted brushes