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Color Theory: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site was created by an art teacher and has several fun lesson plans that could be adapted to different grade levels. The activities are about color wheels, color theory, tints and shades, and several other subjects.
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Watercolor painting.com: Color Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
A great introduction to color theory with colorful illustrations and examples.
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Color Theory and Mixing: 16 Lessons in Color Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete site on using color in art. Includes the history of color, psychology of color, color perspective, and how color changes depending on the medium used. Includes activities to help understand how to use color in your art.
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Color Cube: Color Fun

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Six activities sure to engage students of any age! Interactive games and puzzles let you play with color and create your own unique designs!
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Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement

Web Exhibits: Color Vision & Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit demonstrates how human vision works and has influenced Western art. It combines the biology of vision and art history. The exhibit focuses on the eye and its response to color and contrast while highlighting several...
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Worqx: Color and Contrast

For Students 9th - 10th
In an continuing overview of color and color theory, this site focuses on color shade and tints with examples ranging from moderately-high contrast, medium value to high contrast, light value.
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Worqx: Color Studies

For Students 9th - 10th
In an continuing overview of color and color theory, this site focuses on a variety of topics in color studies including colors of a complementary relationship, and colors of a triad relationship.
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Quia: Color Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
Four activities quizzing vocabulary terms about the usage of color in art. Matching, concentration, flashcards, and a word search are available. Teachers can use these to supplement their lessons, or to help students review for a test.
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Well styled.com: Webdesigner Tools: Color Scheme Generator

For Students 9th - 10th
A totally cool concept! Choose your base color, your scheme (monochromatic, etc.) and the computer will show you what other colors go with it! There are even settings for various levels of color-blindness. A really cool art tool!!
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Worqx: Color Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
In an continuing overview of color and color theory, this site focuses on color systems from Subtractive Color (CMYK color system) to Additive Color (RGB colors).
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Worqx: Color Proportion & Intensity

For Students 9th - 10th
In an continuing overview of color and color theory, this site focuses on color proportion and intensity. The examples involve dominant color, sub-dominant colors, and accent.
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Color Worqx: Complementary Colors

For Students 9th - 10th
After providing an overview of color theory and the color wheel, this site focuses on complementary colors and perceptual opposites. Various examples of complementary colors are also provided.
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Worqx: Color Combinations

For Students 9th - 10th
In an continuing overview of color and color theory, this site focuses on a variety of color combinations including Monochromatic Relationship, Complementary Relationship, Split-Complementary Relationship, Double-Complementary...
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Golden Artist Colors: Color Mixing Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Golden Artist Colors presents a guide to mixing acrylic paint. An explanation of color theory and mixing color with paint is included on this site. There are also color charts and exercises that can be done with paint that explore how...
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Class Flow: Color Theory

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces students to the concept of primary, secondary and tertiary colors. The lesson concludes with an activity in which students create their own color wheel from mixing colors and...
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Art Quizz: Color (3)

For Students 9th - 10th
A quiz on color science and theory. Click by to home to access the French- or Spanish-language version of the site.
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Art Quizz: Color (1)

For Students 9th - 10th
A quiz on color complements and basic facts about color. Click back to home to access the French- or Spanish-language version of the site.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Using Graph Theory to Analyze Drama

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students analyze dramatic works using graph theory. They gather data, record it in Microsoft Excel and use Cytoscape (a free, downloadable application) to generate graphs that visually illustrate the key characters (nodes) and...
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Wikipedia: Graph Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an introduction and overview of graph theory. In addition to introducing the basic terms, there are related links to classic problems in graph theory such as the traveling salesman problem and Dijkstra's algorithm.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Timbre: The Color of Music

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To provide an introduction to the concept of timbre and words used to describe
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color: Wavelike Behaviors of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
In this series of interactive physics tutorials, students will focus on the wavelike nature of light.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Pajaro en Una Jaula

For Students 9th - 10th
Two examples of optical illusions that demonstrate aspects of how we perceive color.
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PBS

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art: Hofmannopoly [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
If you have access to a color printer then you can print and play Hofmannopoly! Assemble the game board according to the directions and grab a friend to play. You will be an art student traveling through the world of Hans Hofmann. Learn...
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Teach Engineering: Graphing Your Social Network

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students analyze their social networks using graph theory. They gather data on their own social relationships, either from Facebook interactions or the interactions they have throughout the course of a day, recording it in Microsoft...

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