Summary
Builds on primary and secondary colors to introduce tertiary colors and the color wheel. Deepens color mixing.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Talk about it
Mixing a primary and a neighboring secondary color makes a tertiary color. The color wheel shows how all these colors relate.
- How is a tertiary color made?
- Where do secondary colors sit on the color wheel?
- What color would you mix to get a red-orange?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: tertiary color, color wheel, mix, hue.
Try it: Make a mini color wheel with the three primary colors and the secondary colors between them.