Types of Colors 1
What type of color is yellow?
Primary
Where is work placed at the end of class?
the drying rack (or class shelf)
What is a color scheme?
A selection of colors that look good together.
What are primary colors? Which colors are primary?
They make all other colors. Yellow, blue, and red.
The drying rack should be loaded from ______ to ______.
bottom to top
How do you make lime green?
Make green by mixing blue and yellow. Add more yellow than blue.
What is a monochromatic color scheme?
All the colors of a single hue. Ex: hot pink, red, light pink
How are secondary colors made? What colors are secondary colors?
Mix a primary color with another primary color. Green, orange, and purple/violet.
Where are each of the following painting materials found: brushes, water cups, messy mats, paint palettes?
messy mats are on the brown table, brushes and palettes are in labeled cabinets under the second sink, water cups are on the back counter
How do you make brown?
Mix the 3 primary colors or 2 complementary colors.
What is an analogous color scheme?
Using 3 or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel
What is a tint?
What is a shade?
A color + black; a darker version of the color
At your table, have one member of your team, act out and describe how to wash a paintbrush
Hold the paintbrush low in the sink, gently move the bristles on your hand to make sure all the paint is out, once there is no more paint coming off the brush, place it in the blue tray with the bristles up
What colors would you use to make a silverish-grey?
Black, white, and maybe a touch of blue
What is a triadic color scheme?
3 colors spaced an equal distance away from each other on the color wheel
Give 3 examples of tertiary colors? How you do make tertiary colors?
Mix a primary color with a secondary color. Exs: Yellow-orange, orange-red, yellow-green, green-blue, blue-violet, violet-red
What are neutral colors?
Color without an underlying hue (blue-grey wouldn't be neutral because it's underlying hue is blue) Exs: black, white, brown, and gray
At your table, have one member of your team, act out and describe how to wash a paint palette
Hold the palette low in the sink so water does not splash, use your fingers or a brush to gently swipe the paint out of the wells, once there is no more paint, lean it against the wall or blue tray to dry
If you are trying to make brown and the color on your pallet looks too-greenish, what do you need to add?
Red
What is a split-complementary color scheme?
1 starting colors and the 2 colors that neighbor the original color's complement. Exs: yellow, red-violet, and blue-violet OR blue-green, orange, and red