• Name: Nour Ghaziri
• Target: Grade 2

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Mixing colors

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Learning Objectives

• In this lesson you will learn how to differentiate between “Primary Colors”, “ Secondary Colors” and finally “ Tertiary colors”

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• You will also learn about the color wheel and how it works and how it can help you with colors.

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• You will learn how to mix colors to make the brighter and darker.

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Primary Colors

Primary colors are:

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1. Red
2. Yellow
3. Blue

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These three colors are the root of all other colors. Primary colors cannot be made from other colors.

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Secondary Colors

The secondary colors are:

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1. Green
2. Purple
3. Orange

These are the colors are a result of mixing the primary colors. Artists create all the other colors of the rainbow by mixing together the primary colors.

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Tertiary Colors

The six tertiary colors:

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1. red-orange
2. red-violet
3. yellow-green
4. yellow-orange
5. blue-green
6. blue-violet

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These colors are made by mixing a primary color with an adjacent secondary color. On the color wheel, the tertiary colors are located between the primary and secondary colors they are made from.

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The Color Wheel

A color wheel is a color chart showing how colors are mixed together to create other colors. In this wheel the opposite colors are the colors that result from mixing 2 other colors. Each secondary color is made from the two primary colors closest to it on the color wheel.

Color Schemes (Color Harmonies):

Monochrome: (meaning "one color") color harmonies include only one color in different value (the lightness and darkness of a color) and intensity (the brightness or dullness of a color). An example of a monochrome color scheme could include any color mixed with white, gray, or black. For example, red, rose and pink (red mixed with white) are monochrome.

Adjacent colors: use colors that neighbor each other on the color wheel. An example is a color scheme that includes various values and intensities of reds and oranges.

Colors opposite each other on the color wheel are called complementary colors. For example, violet and yellow are complementary colors. So are red and green, and blue and orange.

A single split complement uses a primary color plus colors on either side of its complement. An example is a color scheme that includes various values and intensities of greens, violet-reds and red-oranges.

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Brighter or Darker

To make colors brighter:

To make a color lighter in value, add white. The whiter you add, the lighter the color will get. This is called a tint of the original color.

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To make colors darker:

To make a color darker add a small amount of black. If you add too much black, your color will be almost black. Another way to darken a color is to mix in some of the complementary color (the opposite color on a color wheel - see below). This produces a rich, dark color (richer than just adding black). Some pairs of complementary colors are: blue/orange, green/red, yellow/purple, black/white.

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You’re Done

Now lets see how much information you got out of this lesson.

Lets test your knowledge

Click on the quiz button to start your quiz!!

Question 1

What are the 3 primary colors :

• Red, Blue, Green

• Red, Yellow, Blue

• Pink, Purple, Green

WRONG ANSWER!

Remember the three primary colors are the basic colors that all other colors are a result of mixing them.

CORRECT !

Question 2

What are the three secondary colors

• Green, Purple, Orange

• Blue, Red, Black

• Silver, Grey, Blue

WRONG ANSWER!

Remember that the secondary colors are the result of mixing the three basic colors!

CORRECT!

Question 3

Tertiary colors are a result of mixing

• Two primary colors

• Two secondary colors

• A primary and a secondary color

WRONG ANSWER!

Remember that the tertiary colors have both primary and secondary colors!

CORRECT!

Question 4

Choose the answer that fits the blanks best:

Each is made from the two primary colors closest to it on

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• Tertiary color, board

• Secondary color, Color wheel

• Primary color, color wheel

WRONG ANSWER!

Remember what tool is used in order to determine which two primary colors should be mixed to make another color.

CORRECT!

Question 5

Monochrome, adjacent colors, and complementary colors are examples of :

• Color wheels

• Tertiary colors

• Color schemes

WRONG ANSWER!!

Remember the definitions of the positions of colors in the color wheel have a specific name.

CORRECT!

Question 6

To make colors brighter we should add ? And to make colors darker we should add?

• Black , White

• White, Black

• Grey, Black

WRONG ANSWER!!

Remember what makes colors brighter and what makes them darker.

CORRECT!

Summary

You are now familiar with the three types of colors: Primary, secondary and tertiary. Moreover you are familiar with the term “Color Wheel” and you know its relation to these three types of colors. After understanding what the color wheel is you also acknowledge the naming of the positions of colors in the color wheel which is the “Color Schemes”. After all this information was covered, you finally learned how to make colors brighter and darker. Hopefully after the small quiz to test your knowledge you now know “How to mix colors”.

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Citations & Credits

DLTK. "KidZone ScienceThe Color Wheel." The Color Wheel. N.p., 01 May 1998. Web. 01 Apr. 2013. <http://www.kidzone.ws/science/colorwheel.htm>.�Col, Jeananda. Enchanted Learning. http://www.EnchantedLearning.com 1998. Web.01 Apr. 2013

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Great work , You’ve made it!

You now have officially learned how to mix colors! Congratulations ☺