Comparison Boxes
Contents: Supplies | Comparison Boxes Instructions | Printable | Color Scale Supplies:quality mixable paint in these colors: red, blue, and yellow
paint brushes
paint mixing trays, water, paper towels and a protected surface for working
How to use Comparison Boxes:
To do this exercise, choose a color such as red and paint the two
adjacent small inner boxes red.
Next paint one outer box green (the complementary color).
Paint the other box a color that is next to green on the color
wheel, (yellow green or blue green).
Then compare the brightness of red when surrounded by green as
compared to surrounded by the other color.
Example Image:
Boxes painted with complementary colors on left side and split
complementary colors on right side.
This one is an example of the exercise instructions.
Another Example
Compare brightness of blue in the paintings below:
The printable
Comparison Boxes
with black lines
Comparison Boxes
with gray lines
