the colour wheel
DESCRIPTION
A brief explanation about primary and secondary colours, one colour tone and hot and cold colours. Then, you will find a project related to the colour wheel. It is focus on the 4th year of Primary education in Madrid. Download it in order to watch the videos, play the games and download the worksheets attached.TRANSCRIPT
All the colours transmit different sensations.
Colours green and blue are related to peace. Red and orange to energy.
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Click here to learn more about what feelings the colours can produce.
Primary coloursMixing three colours you can
obtain infinite colours. These are called primary colours, because they are not mixtures, they are original.
The primary colours are magenta, cyan and yellow.
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magenta
yellowcyan
Or watch it at Youtube
Secondary coloursWhen mixing the primary
colours, you obtain the secondary colours.
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orange
green
Violet
Colour temperature
When you see hot colours, you can feel happiness, confidence and energy.
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When you see cold colours, you can feel calm, seriousness and distancing.
THE COLOUR blue
greenazure blueviolet
greenish blue
Range of coloursOne technique you can use
when drawing a picture is use just hot or cold colours.
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Hot colours
Cold colours
One-colour pictureAnother technique you can
use is drawing a picture using one colour in different tones.
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Green colour tones
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Green colour tones
Blue colour tones
Black and whiteBlack colour tones goes from
black to light grey.
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Black colour tones
Instead of using different tones of black and white, you can draw a picture contrasting white and black.
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Contrasting white and black
Pigments or materials
When we colour a picture, we use different materials or pigments such as crayons, felt-tip pens…
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Dry materials
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CHALKS
COLOURED PENCILS
Oily materials
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MODELLING CLAY OR PLASTICINE
CRAYONS
SOFT CRAYONS
Fluid materials
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GOUACHE
FELT-TIP PENS
WATERCOLOURS
Let’s play with the colours!
CLICK HERE to paint THE COLOUR WHEEL as an example.
Or here to mix the colours.
MATERIAL: gouache
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CLICK HERE to see the colour wheel worksheet
First, paint the primary colours
Then, mix the primary colours
Finally, mix the primary colours and secondary
colours
Colour Wheel by Claudia
http://www.educacionplastica.net/circuloCromatico.html
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/centros-tic/41009470/helvia/aula/archivos/repositorio/0/56/html/datos/04_plas/mezclador.htm
Web sitesYou can also click on the pictures to visit the website where they were found.