Virtual Museum – Create a Color Wheel with Found Objects

 

Explore primary and secondary colors; create a color wheel with household objects and draw and color what you find.
 

MATERIALS

  • Color wheel
  • 8.5×11” or larger white paper
  • Found objects (red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple)
  • Pencil or black marker
  • Color pencils and crayons (red, blue, yellow, green, purple, orange)

TRY IT!

  1. Find household objects, one of each color: red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple
  2. Place your objects, in a circle, in this order on your paper: yellow, green, blue, purple, red, orange
  3. Trace or draw each object in its place first with your pencil or black marker
  4. Color in each object drawing with its matching color

GUIDING QUESTIONS

  • What are primary colors?
  • What are secondary colors?
  • What colors make green, purple, and orange?
  • What color was the most challenging to find?
  • Can you find other objects in primary and secondary colors to arrange into a color wheel?

LEARNING BEHIND THE PLAY

  • Introduction to basic color theory concepts in art
  • Develop drawing and observation skills
  • Make connections between color theory and real life objects

TAKE IT FURTHER

Create a large color wheel with as many objects that you can find in your house that are primary and secondary colors. Take a photo of this large scale color wheel.

Create a more complex color wheel by introducing found objects that are tertiary colors: yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, and yellow-green.