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Color Theory

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What better way to learn about colors than by coloring? Starting with the primary colors, young artists follow written prompts to shade in various rectangles and a color wheel to show complementary colors, tints and shades, and more.

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Concepts
colors, complementary colors, color theory, the color wheel, mixing colors, tints, shading, hues, shades, analogous colors, neutralizing complementary colors
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Additional Tags
visual and performing arts
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Instructional Ideas
  • Start off your school year or unit on color using this worksheet
  • Use this as a homework assignment or split up the activities over a few days and use them as starters
Classroom Considerations
  • Disregard the final page; it includes the instructions from the previous page, they are repeated accidentally
Pros
  • Covers colors in an interactive way
  • The final product will be visually appealing and a useful reference material
Cons
  • The worksheet uses the words complimentary colors instead of complementary colors