Colour All Around You
Colour shapes our environments, both in nature and in our cities.
Lesson 1: Colour Wheels
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What are the Primary colors? The primary colors are the main colours that make up everything else! They are Red, Blue, and Yellow |
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Secondary Colours By mixing equal parts of two primary colours, you can make secondary colours! Red + Yellow = Orange Yellow + Blue = Green Blue + Red = Purple |
Lesson 2: Make your own Colour Wheels
Learn from Eadie
Do you want to make your own color wheel?
Take a look at this video from one of the little architects at SfCT to learn how, step by step!
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Activity 1
Go around your room or your garden and find objects that match every color in the color wheel. Place them in a circle in the correct order to make your own color wheel! Print off the color wheel bellow to help you match colours. See how many objects of each color you can find! |
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Activity 2 Choose an image from around the house. It can be a family photo or a poster on the wall. Then, create a colour palette by choosing at least 5 main colours from the photo. Try to create a palette that matches the image using color pencils or cut outs from magazines. |
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Lesson 3: Design with Other Colour Palettes
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Rainbows Rainbows are palettes made up of many different colors, placed together. Activity 3 Make your own Rainbow by rearranging the books in the order of the rainbow on a bookshelf. You can do the same with your clothes and your shoes! |
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Monochrome
Monochrome is a color palette that uses different shades of one color that are placed together. Activity 4 Go around your house and choose objects that are the same colour and then arrange them in one place, or create a drawing or collage in various shades of one colour. What can you learn by limiting the colors you can use? |