primary colors secondary color wheel printable

Paint an intermediate color between each primary and secondary color. Mix two primary colors to paint each secondary color in its appropriate place.Ĭontinue with the intermediate colors for grades 3, 4, and 5…Ħ. Next, introduce the secondary colors (orange, green, and violet). Paint the red swatch and the blue swatch in the same way, rinsing and blotting your brush each time you change colors.ĥ. Rinse your brush and blot any excess water on a paper towel.Ĥ. Then paint a swatch of yellow along the rim of your paper plate, where the triangle labeled “yellow” is pointing.ģ. Turn your color wheel template so that the triangle labeled “yellow” is at the top.

Have students paint along with you as you demonstrate….Ģ. Introduce the primary colors:red, yellow, and blue. yellow and violet, red and green, or blue and orange)ġ. Complimentary Colors – two colors directly across from each other on the color wheel (ex.Tertiary Color – a neutral, brown or gray, created by mixing all three primary colors together (or by mixing two secondary colors, or two complimentary colors, either of which will also contain all three primary colors).Intermediate Color – a color created by mixing a primary color with a secondary color (ex.Secondary Color – orange, green, or violet (a color created by mixing two primary colors together).

Primary Color – red, yellow, or blue (a color that can’t be created by mixing other colors).

Water in small plastic containers (I like the clear, pint size containers from the deli).

Tempera paint: red (or magenta), yellow, and blue (or turquoise)… I like to use magenta and turquoise for color mixing since they’re closest in color to the magenta and cyan inks used in the four color printing process – magenta, yellow, cyan, and black.

Color wheel templates, cut out and glued onto “uncoated” paper plates (paint adheres best to the “uncoated” plates, and they’re cheaper, too!).

Paper plates, 2 per student (one for a palette, one for the color wheel).

Why purchase pre-mixed paint colors when students can learn to mix their own colors for more variety and more interesting results? Making a color wheel teaches students how to mix the colors they want while learning the basics of color theory! For a printable 7 page pdf of this project (including my color wheel template), please visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Primary colors secondary color wheel printable