Color Wheel Scavenger Hunt

The color wheel starts with three primary colors,

all colors are created from the primary colors…

Red, Yellow and Blue

Mixing equal amounts of two primary colors

together, creates the secondary colors…

Red + Yellow = Orange

Yellow + Blue = Green

Blue + Red = Violet

Mixing a primary color with the secondary color

next to it, creates the intermediate/tertiary colors…

Yellow-Orange, Red-Orange, Red-Violet, Blue-Violet,

Blue-Green and Yellow-Green

Colors that are across from one another on the

color wheel are called complementary colors.

Complementary colors, when combined or mixed,

cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a

gray-scale color. When placed next to each other,

they create the strongest contrast for those two

colors. Complementary color pairs... 

Orange and Blue

Yellow and Violet

Red and Green

Can you think of some logos that were created

with complementary colors?

Now that we have learned a little bit more about

color, I challenge you to create a color wheel with

found objects from your home. Try to include

Primary Colors, Secondary Colors and Tertiary Colors. 

This is my color wheel. I really had to hunt,

especially for the violets.  

The bold line shows the primary colors and the

thin line shows the secondary colors.  

Good luck, have fun and send me a picture

of your color wheel!