Color Wheel

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Color Wheel

• Katelyn Cairns

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Objective

• With this PowerPoint students will
• Learn who invented the color wheel
• Know what a color wheel consists of
• Be able to predict what the outcome will be after
  mixing two colors together

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Assessment

• Students will be assessed on their knowledge with
  a quiz.
• This quiz will be over all information given in
  the presentation.

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What is a color wheel?

• A color wheel is disk-shaped and divided equally
  into 12 sections, each displaying a different
  color according to its "pigment" values.
• It is based on three colors red, blue, and
  yellow.

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Guess Who?Who developed the first circular
diagram of colors in 1666?

• Sir Isaac Newton
• Galileo
• Pablo Picasso
• Leonardo daVinci

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Primary Colors

• There are 3 pigment colors that can not be mixed
  or formed by any other combination of colors. All
  the other colors are derived from these three
  colors.
• Red
• Yellow
• Blue

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Secondary Colors

• These three colors green, orange, and purple,
  are formed by mixing the primary colors together.

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Tertiary Colors

• These are the colors formed by mixing a primary
  and a secondary color. That's why the hue is a
  two word name, such as blue-green, red-violet,
  and yellow-orange. 
• Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple,
  blue-purple, blue-green and yellow-green.

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Complimentary Colors

• Complimentary colors are located directly across
  from each other on the color wheel.
• Complimentary pairs contrast because they share
  no common color.
• Complimentary colors can appear very exciting and
  seem to vibrate when placed side by side.

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Website

• Go to these websites, by clicking on the picture
  below. They will help you better understand the
  color wheel if you currently are confused. If you
  do understand, this will be a review.

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Mixing Colors

• You can use the primary colors (red, blue, and
  yellow), plus black and white to get all the
  colors of the rainbow.

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What Two Colors Make Purple?

• Blue and Black
• Red and Blue
• Orange and Blue

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What Two Colors Make Brown?

• Orange and Black
• Black and Yellow
• Red and Green

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Click Here

• Click on the following colors to see what two
  colors make the following colors.

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Video

• Click on the picture below. This video will be a
  good review before your assessment.

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• Before you take this quiz, make sure to look over
  all the notes given and ask any questions that
  you may still have.

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Quiz

• Answer the following questions with the knowledge
  you have just gained.
• List the primary colors (three answers)
• List the secondary colors (three answers)
• What two colors do you mix together to make
  orange?
• What two colors do you mix together to make
  green?
• What two colors do you mix together to make
  violet or purple?
• List the intermediate (tertiary) colors (six
  answers)
• How is a tertiary color made?
• Define complimentary colors.

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Answers

• Red, yellow, and blue (can be in any order)
• Green, orange, and purple (can be in any order)
• Red and yellow
• Blue and yellow
• Red and blue
• Yellow orange, red orange, red purple,
  blue purple, blue green, and yellow green
  (can be in any order)
• A tertiary color is made by mixing a primary
  color and a secondary color together.
• Colors located across from each other on the
  color wheel, who have no common color between
  them.