How Do You Teach Art Students About Color By Making A Color Wheel Using The 3 Primary Colors?
Color is one of the 7 Elements of Art, also referred to as the Elements of Design. Having students use the three PRIMARY COLORS of Red, Yellow and Blue in combinations to create all the colors of the rainbow is a revalation to most students and an effective way to teach the fundamentals of COLOR. HAVE BLANK COLOR WHEELS already on student’s desks USING A LARGE COLOR WHEEL posted in a prominent location in the classroom, revisit COLOR as one of the 7 ELEMENTS of ART. Point out the fact that there are 12 colors on the color wheel that are made from various combinations of the 3 PRIMARY COLORS: Red, Yellow and Blue. Ask students why they think that Red, Yellow and Blue are called “Primary Colors.” The answer: Because while they combine to make all other colors, no colors can make THEM! DIRECT STUDENT ATTENTION to the blank color wheels on thier desks and have them write thier first name, last name and period in the upper right hand corner of the handout. DIRECT STUDENTS to get out their c
