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The Elements of Art

COLOR

These are the tools or building blocks


artists use to create a piece of art.
Knowing what the elements of art are
helps us to 1) describe what an artist
has done 2) analyze what is going on
in a particular piece and 3)
communicate our thoughts using a
common language.
Jessica Dejoseph
9/6/2012

Name ______________________________________Class _____________________ Date ___________

Definition_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Color the circles with Primary Colors.


__________, ___________ & __________
Color the squares with Secondary Colors.
__________, ___________ & __________
Color the triangles with Intermediate
(Tertiary) Colors.

The Color Wheel

_________-________, ________-________,
_________-________, ________-________,
_________-________, ________-________

Complementary Colors are _____________ ____from each other on the color wheel.
List 3 complementary color pairs below.
__________________& ___________________
__________________& ___________________
__________________& ___________________
List 3 Warm Colors.
__________________, ___________________& ___________________
List 3 Cool Colors.
__________________, ___________________& ___________________

The Elements of Art: Color ANSWER KEY


Color is light reflected off of objects. Color has three main characteristics: hue (the name of the
color, such as red, green, blue, etc.), value (how light or dark it is), and intensity (how bright or
dull it is).
http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/building_lessons/elements_art.pdf

Color the circles with Primary Colors.


Red, Yellow & Blue
Color the squares with Secondary Colors.
Green, Orange, Violet

The Color Wheel

Color the triangles with Intermediate


(Tertiary) Colors.
red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green,
blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet

Complementary Colors are across from each other on the color wheel.
List 3 complementary color pairs below.
red & green
yellow & violet
orange & blue
List 3 Warm Colors.
red, orange & yellow
List 3 Cool Colors.
green, blue & violet

Resources:
The Artists Toolkit
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/encyc_colorwheel.html
project ARTiculate: Elements & Principles of Art
http://www.projectarticulate.org/principles.php
Color in Motion
http://www.mariaclaudiacortes.com/#
Color Vision & Art
http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/color.html

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