make a primary and secondary color wheel blank printable

Secondary colors are made by mixing primary colors. Then the secondary colors are added: orange, green and purple (with green located at the 6:00 position).

Color wheels start with the three Primary colors: red, yellow and blue (typically located at the 12:00, 3:00, and 9:00 positions of a circle).

The first circular color diagram was created by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666.

A Color Wheel is an exceptional tool for teaching students about color theory and how colors relate to one another.

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Warm and Cool Primary colour wheel with template.

Next perhaps explore what would happen if you add a bit of red to you bright greens. Notice how the warm red and cool blue don't make purples but interesting red earth hues - very useful! And the warm yellow and warm blue make the most dull but often realistic greens.

Once you've done this you will have a great understanding of how six of your colours mix in pairs. There is more information on this chart on my website here, or just click here to link to a jpeg so you can print this onto watercolour paper and have a go. Warm and Cool red yellow and blue colour wheel.

R1 Pyrrol Scarlet, R2 Quinacridone Rose.

Y1 Quinacridone Gold, Y2 Hansa Yellow Medium.

Or start my mixing an orange that sits equally between Y1 and R2 and paint that in the middle first. For example, you may start at the top with Y1 and mix a little R2 and paint the next section, then add a little more R2 and paint the next section and so on.

Paint your primary colours into their labelled sections, then begin to mix each pair as they sit around the circle, adding a little of one colour to the other as you gradually move around the circle. Decide whether you are going to follow the key on the left as I have below or the key on the right and stick to it throughout. It is also helpful if your yellows are not too close together - one a lemon or mid yellow, the other more on the orange side. It is helpful if your red is a rose or magenta or carmine colour that washes down to a pink so you can create lovely clear purples. You need a warm and a cool yellow, a warm and a cool blue and a warm and a cool red. This colour wheel allows you to see the green, purple and orange secondary colours you can make by mixing just 6 primary colours together in separate pairs. Template for warm and cool red, yellow and blueĬolour wheels can take a bit of drawing up, but can be a great way to learn about your colours.

Make a primary and secondary color wheel blank printable