Color Harmonies and Choosing Colors that Work Well Together
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Subject Area: Visual Art | Grade Level: 9
Lesson Length: 1 hour
Keywords/Tags: color harmony, color wheel, tints, shades, tones, primary, secondary, tertiary, monochromatic, complementary, analogous, triadic, warm, cool.
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will understand how the color wheel works and how this, too, is not only art but science. Students will learn why specific colors look best together by watching an instructional video, then show mastery of the lesson by making selections of their color harmonies to use in their unit project.

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Video : COLOR THEORY BASICS: Use the Color Wheel & Color Harmonies to Choose Colors that Work Well Together
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.
Description: Learn color theory and how to choose colors that work well together: with the color wheel, color harmonies and color palettes.
Quiz : Color Theory
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 Secondary Colors?

Question #2

What are the Primary Colors

Question #3

Which is a Tertiary (Intermediate Color)?

Question #4
Do Color Harmonies create a certain mood?
Question #5
Sir Isaac Newton created the Color Wheel.
Question #6

How many qualities are in each color on the colo wheel?

Question #7
What are the 4 qualities?
Question #8
The color wheel can be split into two main groups. These are warm and cool colors.
Question #9

How many Color Harmonies are there?

Question #10
What is the 1st tip for creating Color Harmony? 
Question #11
What is the 2nd tip to create Color Harmony? 
Question #12
For the 3rd tip, can you use color palettes for inspiration? 
Description: This quiz is on Color Theory and the basic terms needed to understand the Color Wheel. rnrnhttps://www.gimkit.com/view/63389942d5e1a000210f3d25
Reading : Color Wheel and Color Schemes
Instructions: Please read the following article as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through the rest of the lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the following lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the article if needed.

https://www.canva.com/colors/color-wheel/

Description: Color theory is a practical combination of art and science to determine what colors look good together. The color wheel was invented in 1666 by Isaac Newton, who mapped the color spectrum onto a circle. The color wheel is the basis of color theory because it shows the relationship between colors.
Resources : Color Theory Practice Quiz
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
Color Theory
Color Theory Quiz for additional practice
Adobe - Color Wheel (Palette Generator)

Quick Color Wheel
This link shows a simple break down of all the parts of color theory you need to know for the lesson.
Description: https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/581781ceefa277402cee4764/color-theory
Assignment : Select a Color Harmony

1. List the Color Harmony that you have chosen.

2. Write out the Colors included in this Harmony.

3. Discuss why you chose this Harmony in 3-4 sentences using vocabulary and theories used in this lesson.