Stages of Clay
Working with Color & Clay
Color and More Color
Color & Clay 101
Clay Odds & Ends
100

This stage of clay is the most fragile.

What is bone dry?

100

This is main danger of working with clay. 

What is inhaling clay dust?

100

This is another name for color.

What is hue?

100

When you add white to a color you make this.

What is a tint?
100

This is the very hot oven that is used to fire the clay.

What is a kiln?

200

This stage of clay is very wet and can be used to "glue" pieces of clay together.

What is slip?

200

This is what you want to avoid by washing the clay off of your hands in a tub.

What is clogging the drain?

200

These are the primary colors.

What is red, yellow, and blue?

200

When you add black to a color you make this.

What is a shade?

200

This is added onto bisque fired clay to make it waterproof and safe for eating.

What is glaze?

300

This stage of clay is when we can form the clay into sculptures, bowls or cups.

What is the plastic stage of clay?

300

You make this when you mix a primary color with a secondary color next to it.

What is an intermediate or tertiary color?

300

These are the secondary colors.

What are orange, green and purple?

300

These are four warm colors.

What are yellow, orange, red and pink?

300

This is the art of making things out of clay.

What is ceramics?

400

This stage of clay is part wet and part dry and can be carved or have things scratched into it.

What is the leather hard?

400

This is the lightness or darkness of a color.

What is value?

400

These are colors across from each other on the color wheel.

What are complementary colors?

400

When making things out of clay, you can use this rule of thumb to help you remember the clay thickness that is best for a successful clay project.

What is no thicker than your thumb, no thinner than your pinkie?

400

These are the 4 S's which will help you remember how to attach your clay pieces well. 

What is Scratch (or score), Slip, Stick, and Smooth?

500

What two clay stages can never go back to being soft clay that you can use make things with?

What are bisque and glaze stages of clay?

500

When you use one color plus black and white to make a painting, you are using this color scheme.

What is monochromatic color scheme?

500

These are colors next to each other on the color wheel.

What are analogous colors?

500

This can happen if your clay project is made too thick.

What is blowing up or breaking apart while being fired in the kiln.

500

This is the correct order for the six stages of clay that we learned in class.

What is slip, plastic, leather hard, bone dry, bisque, and glaze?

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