Digital Art
Beginner
60 mins
Teacher/Student led
+130 XP
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Chromebook/Laptop/PC
Pen & Paper

Exploring the Color Wheel

In this lesson, you will learn about the color wheel and how different colors can be combined to create new ones.

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    1 - Introduction to the Color Wheel

    Let's start by learning about the color wheel. The color wheel is a circular diagram that shows the relationship between different colors. It helps us understand how colors are related and how they can be combined to create new ones.


    2 - Primary Colors

    Primary colors are the main colors that can't be made by mixing other colors. There are three primary colors:

    1. red
    2. yellow
    3. blue

    3 - Exploring Secondary Colors

    Secondary colors are created when we mix two primary colors together. Let's explore the three secondary colors and how they are made:

    1. Green: Mix blue and yellow together.
    2. Orange: Mix red and yellow together.
    3. Purple: Mix red and blue together.

    4 - Discovering Tertiary Colors

    Tertiary colors are the colors you get when you mix a primary color with a secondary color. The word 'tertiary' means 'third' in order, so these colors come after primary and secondary colors. There are six tertiary colors:

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

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