Color Basics
Types of Color
Color Schemes
Need some points…?
Warm & Cool Colors
100
This is another word for color.
What is hue?
100
Name the three primary colors.
What are red, yellow, and blue?
100
This is a color scheme that uses various tints and shades of a single color.
What is monochromatic?
100

These are some of the first things you do when you walk into our classroom

What is check the board/get supplies/sit down quietly?

100

An artist wants to paint a landscape of a sunset, using this set of colors.

What are warm colors?

200
This refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.
What is value?
200
Name the three secondary colors.
What are orange, violet, and green?
200
This is a color scheme that uses colors that are next to each other with a single color in common. For example, red, red-orange, and red-violet.
What is analogous?
200

This is where finished work goes when class has ended

What is the brown bin?

200

An artist wants to paint a foggy forest with a mysterious vibe, so they use this set of colors.

What are cool colors?

300
This is created by adding white to a color.
What is a tint?
300
Name three warm colors.
What are red, yellow, and orange?
300
This is a color scheme that uses two colors that are directly opposite on the color wheel. For example, blue and orange.
What is complementary?
300

This is the signal that the teacher uses to gather everyone together and get their attention.

What is a countdown?

300

An artist wants to make a poster for the state fair, using these colors to grab the audience’s attention.

What are warm colors?

400
This is created by adding black to a color.
What is a shade?
400
Name three cool colors.
What are blue, violet, and green?
400
This is the color scheme that uses one color and the two colors on either side of its opposite on the color wheel. For example, violet, yellow-green, and yellow-orange.
What is split-complementary?
400

This is the step you must complete before leaving for dismissal

What is cleaning your table/stacking your chairs?

400

An artist wants to make a poster for Halloween, using these colors to make a spooooky painting.

What are cool colors?

500
This is a plan for organizing color in a work of art.
What is a color scheme?
500

This is the correct way to say a Tertiary color.

What is (Primary Color-Secondary Color)/red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, and yellow-orange

500
This is the color scheme that uses three colors spaced at equal distances apart on the color wheel. For example, orange, violet, and green.
What is triad?
500

This is where leftover paper, dried mediums, and food wrappers go

What is the trash?

500

True or False, a painter MUST use warm colors for something bright or cool colors for something gloomy.

What is false?

M
e
n
u