Introductory Activity for Color Unit: Edible Color Wheel

When you paint you almost always use color. Budding artists explore the color wheel, color vocabulary, and painting techniques. They discuss and practice mixing colors, then paint a color wheel for personal reference.

You have to love the color wheel, it's just so colorful! Your kids will love it too, as they work through an introductory exercise which allows them the opportunity to draw and paint a color wheel of their own. This wheel focuses on...

Explore color through an examination of pointillism and light. Class members view Georges Seraut's famous painting on a computer, zooming in and out to see the details and effects of the technique. They then cover how light and color are...

Hand out this nifty resource to make your next lesson plan on the color wheel a snap. It is a picture of the color wheel alongside a description of primary, secondary, and mixing colors. Great for artists of any age.

What is the most favorite color in the world? The series of lessons all about color and the color wheel, asks kids to research color, create an eye-spy activity, watch videos, and examine the color choices made by artists in their...

Colors are the focus of this color wheel worksheet. Students experiment with colors by viewing a color wheel, then filling in the primary colors which are missing on another wheel. Students also decide which colors are made when two...

What better way to learn about colors than by coloring? Starting with the primary colors, young artists follow written prompts to shade in various rectangles and a color wheel to show complementary colors, tints and shades, and more.

Here's a mobile assignment that will brighten up your classroom. Each group is assigned one color from the color wheel, paints the pure color, three tints, and three shades of that color on precut forms the group designs, and hangs the...

Learners examine and analyze the art of Andy Warhol and the Pop Art movement. They identify the colors of the color wheels and the complementary colors, and analyze art by Andy Warhol. Students then create a painting with their name or...

Students identify primary and secondary colors, and construct color wheels, using Play Doh in the three primary colors.