Color Wheel Tints and Shades Project
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Subject Area: Visual Art | Grade Level: 10
Lesson Length: 45 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Color Wheel
Lesson Description: This is a quick video tutorial on how to paint a 12 color, color wheel that includes tints and shades. This video is great for beginning artists, anyone interested in learning more about color, teachers, students, or anyone wanting to have fun creating art!

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Video : Color Wheel Tints and Shades Project
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Resources : Color Theory Power Point Presentation
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
What Is Color Theory
Interactive color website has explanations and activities to help strengthen your understanding of how to work with color.
Wiki Color Theory
Wiki How Color Theory in-depth color history and applications of color.
Why we use color theory
How is color theory used in our world? The power of color.
Quiz : Color theory Quiz
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1

What are the three primary colors?

Question #2
The primary colors can be mixed to create the secondary colors.
Question #3
What are the three secondary colors. Please list them.
Question #4
Can the secondary colors be mixed to create the primary colors?
Question #5

What colors are in the warm family?

Question #6
Are blue, green and purple in the cool color family.
Question #7
Are color complements found on the opposit sides of the color wheel?
Question #8
List the 3 sets of color complements.
Question #9
Tertiary colors are between the primary and secondary colors on the color wheel.
Question #10
The color wheel is a raidial diagram that organizes the color spectrum.
Assignment : Create your color wheel!

Watch the tutorial video and gather your supplies.

1. Draw a circle on your paper and create areas for your colors.

2. Color in your primary and secondary colors.

3. Color in your tertiary colors.

4. Color in your area in the background to finish your design.