CREATIVITY LESSON 2: Primary Colors are the First Colors
You will paint with primary colors as you explore light and deep color variations in this creativity lesson.
The primary colors are yellow, blue, and red. They are the first and most important colors on the color wheel. We must start with yellow, blue, and red because these three colors cannot be made by mixing other colors. Without them, we wouldn’t be able to mix the other great colors that we see in our world every day!
Many colored pencil sets supply two of each of these colors. One yellowmight be brighter or lighter. The other yellow is deeper or darker. The same is often true of the blue and red pencils. We can use the lighter color for middle tones. Use the deeper color in shadow areas for dark, strong color. We will call these colors light yellow and deep yellow, light blue and deep blue, and light red and deep red within the context of this book.
View Video “Introduction: The Color Wheel, Part 1.” Draw a color wheel as shown. Fill in the three primary colors and keep it for future reference. Next, search for some objects that are primary colors, set them in front of you, then draw and paint a picture. Look for lighter tones and deeper tones as you work. Use the pencil that will best show these differences in color.
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