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Fun with Colors
By Barb Stephens



COLOR BASICS
PRIMARY COLORS Black SECONDARY COLORS
Blue
____________________ Green ____________________
Grey
____________________ Orange ____________________
Purple
____________________ Red ____________________
White
Yellow

NEUTRAL COLORS include _______________, _______________, _______________.



THE COLOR WHEEL

Secondary colors are those made by mixing equal amounts of two primary colors. Fill in the boxes with the appropriate secondary colors.


                                   ----------

                                   |  BLUE  |

                               /   ----------    \

                           /                         \

                    ----------                     ----------

                    |        |                     |        |

                    ----------                     ----------

                        /                               \

                        |                               |  

                        \                               /

                    ----------                     ----------

                    |  RED   |                     | YELLOW |

                    ----------                     ----------

                           \                         /

                               \    ----------    /

                                    |        |

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COMPLEMENTARY COLORS

Complementary colors are those that are opposite each other on the color wheel. Write down 3 pairs of complementary colors.

______________________ ______________________ ______________________

Can two primary colors be complementary to each other? _________

Can two secondary colors be complementary to each other? ________

Do you see a pattern? ______________________________________________

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