COLOR THEORY WORKSHEET Name:



COLOR THEORY WORKSHEET Name: _________________________

Use color pencil to complete the following exercises Period _____ Date ______________

PRIMARY COLORS: cannot be made from any combination of colors. Label and color each box. Stay inside the edges of your box!!!!

|red |blue |yellow |

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SECONDARY COLORS: are made from combining 2 primary colors. Label and blend each color. Stay inside the edges of your box!!!!

|green |orange |purple |

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TERTIARY COLORS: are made from combining primary and secondary colors together. Label and blend each color. Stay inside the edges of your box!!!!

|Yellow-green |Blue-green |Blue-violet |Red-violet |Red-orange |Yellow-orange |

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Warm Colors

Primary and secondary colors on the color wheel that are comparable to the sun or heat.

|Red |Orange |Yellow |

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Cool Colors

Primary and secondary colors on the color wheel that are comparable to cold or ice.

|Blue |Green |Purple |

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Neutral Colors

Neutral means without color. Neutral colors appear to have an undertone of hue.

|Brown |Black |Gray |White |

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Analogous Colors

Analogous colors are any three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.

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COMPLIMENTARY COLORS:

These are colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel. When complimentary colors are placed next to each other they appear to be brighter and more intense than when sitting next to other colors.

|Red/green |Blue/orange |Yellow/purple |

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Sir Isaac Newton realized that the colors of the spectrum could be seen as a circle and thus the color wheel was invented.

THE COLOR WHEEL is made of the primary and secondary colors plus all of the colors in-between called tertiary colors (a

primary + a secondary) Color the circles in according to their placement on the color wheel. Blend the secondary and tertiary colors. Stay within the edges of the circles!!!!

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Yellow

Purple

Blue

Red

Orange

Green

yellow - orange

Red-orange

Red-violet

Blue-violet

Blue-green

Yellow-green

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