teaching resource

12-Part Color Wheel and Color Theory - Posters

Updated: 06 Sep 2023

A warm/cool color wheel featuring the 12 primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 3 Pages
Grades: K - 6

Curriculum

Art K.1(B)

Identify the elements of art, including line, shape, color, texture, and form, and the principles of design, including repetition/pattern and balance, in the environment.
Art 1.1(B)

Identify the elements of art, including line, shape, color, texture, and form, and the principles of design, including emphasis, repetition/pattern, and balance, in nature and human-made environments.
Art 2.1(B)

Identify the elements of art, including line, shape, color, texture, form, and space, and the principles of design, including emphasis, repetition/pattern, movement/rhythm, and balance.
Art 3.1(B)

Use appropriate vocabulary when discussing the elements of art, including line, shape, color, texture, form, space, and value, and the principles of design, including emphasis, repetition/pattern, movement/rhythm, contrast/variety, ...
Art 4.1(B)

Use appropriate vocabulary when discussing the elements of art, including line, shape, color, texture, form, space, and value, and the principles of design, including emphasis, repetition/pattern, movement/rhythm, contrast/variety, ...
Art 5.1(B)

Use appropriate vocabulary when discussing the elements of art, including line, shape, color, texture, form, space, and value, and the principles of design, including emphasis, repetition/pattern, movement/rhythm, contrast/variety, ...

teaching resource

12-Part Color Wheel and Color Theory - Posters

Updated: 06 Sep 2023

A warm/cool color wheel featuring the 12 primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 3 Pages
Grades: K - 6

A warm/cool color wheel featuring the 12 primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.

Use this set of posters in your classroom to explain the visual art element of color.

The color theory posters cover:

Primary Colors: red, yellow, and blue

Primary colors are the colors that can’t be mixed or formed by any combination of other colors. All other colors are made from these three hues.

Secondary Colors: green, orange, and purple

These are the colors created by mixing two primary colors together.

Tertiary Colors: Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green, and yellow-green

These are the colors created by mixing a primary and a secondary color.

Warm Colors are made with orange, red, yellow, and combinations of these. Warm colors remind us of sunlight and heat.

Cool Colors such as blue, green, and blue-purple remind us of water and sky.

Analogous Colors are any three colors that are side by side on a 12-part color wheel. The example shows yellow, yellow-orange, and orange.

Complementary Colors are any two colors that are directly opposite each other such as yellow and purple. These opposing colors create maximum contrast.

Why not have your students make their very own color wheels by using our 12-Part Color Wheel and Color Theory Worksheets?

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12-Part Color Wheel Template and Color Theory Worksheets

A set of warm/cool color wheel worksheets featuring the 12 primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.

Curriculum

Art K.1(B)

Identify the elements of art, including line, shape, color, texture, and form, and the principles of design, including repetition/pattern and balance, in the environment.
Art 1.1(B)

Identify the elements of art, including line, shape, color, texture, and form, and the principles of design, including emphasis, repetition/pattern, and balance, in nature and human-made environments.
Art 2.1(B)

Identify the elements of art, including line, shape, color, texture, form, and space, and the principles of design, including emphasis, repetition/pattern, movement/rhythm, and balance.
Art 3.1(B)

Use appropriate vocabulary when discussing the elements of art, including line, shape, color, texture, form, space, and value, and the principles of design, including emphasis, repetition/pattern, movement/rhythm, contrast/variety, ...
Art 4.1(B)

Use appropriate vocabulary when discussing the elements of art, including line, shape, color, texture, form, space, and value, and the principles of design, including emphasis, repetition/pattern, movement/rhythm, contrast/variety, ...
Art 5.1(B)

Use appropriate vocabulary when discussing the elements of art, including line, shape, color, texture, form, space, and value, and the principles of design, including emphasis, repetition/pattern, movement/rhythm, contrast/variety, ...

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