Principles of Color: Week Four
Written: Aug 27 2005, revised 4/28/2009, by Donna YoungHolly started Unit 2 and below is a repeat of last Friday's work.
(Last Friday: She
started Unit 2. She read pages 1-4 and completed the test on page 5.)
Monday: Pages 6-8, Do activity 1.1 Basic Color Mixing (create a color wheel from red, yellow, and blue). Draw the color wheel as described, paint the 12 colors of the color wheel using only the colors, red, yellow, and blue. Make sure it is the student and not you that cleans up and puts away afterward.
Tuesday: Pages 9-11, Study The Tone Wheel and explain
it, then draw it on a plain piece of paper. Choose one primary color and do
Activity 1.2 Value Scale in Color.
NOTE: The rest of the colors should be
done over the next 5 school days. The six colors for this activity are: red,
blue, yellow, green, purple, orange.
Wednesday - Friday : Choose a color from the remaining primary and secondary colors and do activity 1.2
This is two rows from one of Holly's color scales. It's labeled. As you can see, more practice at this would be helpful. Take more days than is allotted in this schedule if you believe your student would benefit from additional practice at mixing colors in this controlled exercise.
Note: If the mixed paint yields muddy colors, please buy a different type of paint!
Tint: Color with
white added.
Tone: Color with
gray or its complement added.
Value: The
relative darkness or lightness of a color.
Intensity:
The strength of a color, especially the degree to which it lacks its
complementary color. 