Color Theory Worksheet Teacher Key
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COLOR THEORY WORKSHEET Name: _________________________ Use color pencil to complete the following exercises Period _____ Date ______________ PRIMARY COLORS: cannot be made from any combination of colors. Label and color each box. Stay inside the edges of your box!!!! red blue yellow SECONDARY COLORS: are made from combining 2 primary colors. Label and blend each color. Stay inside the edges of your box!!!! green orange purple TERTIARY COLORS: are made from combining primary and secondary colors together. Label and blend each color. Stay inside the edges of your box!!!! Yellow-green Blue-green Blue-violet Red-violet Red-orange Yellow- orange
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COLOR THEORY WORKSHEET Name: _________________________Use color pencil to complete the following exercises Period _____ Date ______________
PRIMARY COLORS: cannot be made from any combination of colors. Label and color each box. Stay inside the edges of your box!!!!
red blue yellow
SECONDARY COLORS: are made from combining 2 primary colors. Label and blend each color. Stay inside the edges of your box!!!!
green orange purple
TERTIARY COLORS: are made from combining primary and secondary colors together. Label and blend each color. Stay inside the edges of your box!!!!
Yellow-green Blue-green Blue-violet Red-violet Red-orange Yellow-orange
Warm ColorsPrimary and secondary colors on the color wheel that are comparable to the sun or heat.
Red Orange Yellow
Cool ColorsPrimary and secondary colors on the color wheel that are comparable to cold or ice.
Blue Green Purple
Neutral ColorsNeutral means without color. Neutral colors appear to have an undertone of hue.
Brown Black Gray White
Analogous ColorsAnalogous colors are any three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
COMPLIMENTARY COLORS:These are colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel. When complimentary colors are placed next to each other they appear to be brighter and more intense than when sitting next to other colors.
Red/green Blue/orange Yellow/purple
Sir Isaac Newton realized that the colors of the spectrum could be seen as a circle and thus the color wheel was invented.
yellow -
orange
Red
Yellow
Blue
Orange
Green
Purple
Red-orange
Red-violet
Blue-violet
Yellow-
green
Blue-green
THE COLOR WHEEL is made of the primary and secondary colors plus all of the colors in-between called tertiary colors (aprimary + a secondary) Color the circles in according to their placement on the color wheel. Blend the secondary and tertiary colors. Stay within the edges of the circles!!!!
