Reference Color Wheel

Construct a color wheel

• Use 81/2” x 11” paper to construct a

reference color wheel to keep in your notebook.

1. • Use a protractor to construct a

circle• Mark the following angles:

0˚, 30˚, 60˚, 90˚, 120˚ 150˚, 180˚

2.

• Use a ruler to connect angles: Top 90˚, lower 30˚, & 150˚.You have drawn a triangle within a circle.

3. • Use a ruler to connect angles:

Lower 90˚ , top 30˚ & 150 ˚

You will see a triangle behind a triangle within a circle.

4.

• On the top-most triangle,

use a ruler to draw lines from the

center to

the mid-point

of each side.

5. • Mark each section with the

correct colors of the spectrum.• ROY G BIVRed, orange, yellowGreen, blue, violet

– Yellow-red, yellow-green,– Red-orange, red-violet,– Blue-green, blue-violet

6.

• Primary colors in the top triangle.

• Yellow at the top

• Red on the left

• Blue on the right

7.

• Yellow and red make orange• Red and blue

make violet• Blue and yellow

make green

Secondary colors in the bottom triangle.

8.

• Yellow & orange = yellow-orange

• Orange & red= orange-red• Red and violet make red-violet• Violet & blue = violet-blue• Blue & green = blue-green• Green & yellow = green-yellow

Intermediate colors in the bottom circle.

Grading Rubric

• Color wheel construction

• Color order/color mixing

• Craftsmanship & Use of time