Agricultural Science and TechnologyFloral Design-Ag 335Color Unit Objectives1.Students will be able to identify the colors on the color wheel.2.Students will be abletolabel the colors on the color wheel as primary, secondary, or tertiary.3.Students willbe ableto mix the colorson a colorwheel.4.Students will be able to produce a color wheel.5.Students will be able to identify different color schemesin relation to the color wheel.6.Students will be able to match color terms and definitions.Power PointColorStudent HandoutsColor WheelStudent SheetMandalaStudent SheetEvaluationColor QuizColor Quiz MasterInterest ApproachDistribute copies of the Color WheelStudent Sheet. Have the students see if they can complete the color wheel before you give them the information. Help them to develop an accurate color wheel.Place the laminated copies of the color circles on the board at the time you are helping them develop the color wheel. Refer to the color circles as you are explaining color harmonies and values.
Teaching ContentColorColor-the visual response of the eye to reflected rays of light.An element of design, color has three dimensions, hue, value and chroma.Hue-the descriptive name of color. Huedefines a specific spot on the color wheel. Hues are pure color without black, white, or gray added to them.Value-the lightness or darkness of a hue, relative to the gray scale, achieved by the addition of black, white, or gray. Gray scale-a visual aid whichrepresents the transitionalgraduations of value from white to black, encompassing all the varying degrees of gray.Shade-a hue which has been darkenedby the addition of black. E.g., navy is a shade of blue.Tint-a hue which has been lightened by the additionof white. E.g.,pink is a tintof redTone-a hue which has been muted by the addition of gray, often resulting in a dull or dusty appearance.Chroma-the degree of strength, intensity, saturation or purityof a color.If you visualized a painting, it would be the amount of pigment used to mix in the paint to make it a certain color. More pigment would make it brighter;less would make the color duller. Chroma describes the amount of brightness or dullness of a color whereas value describes the amount of black, white, or gray added to the color.Pigment-a substance used to provide color to paints, dyes, plastics, and other materials.Intensity-reflects the maximum amount of light back to the viewer’s eye, and isnot mixed with black, white, or gray.Saturation-the measure of thebrightness of a color, describing the amount of light reflecting from it. The greater the saturation of color, the higher the chroma.Color wheel-twelve hour color system which was developed by Louis Prang, an American Printer in 1876.Primary colors-red, yellow, and blue—are spaced equidistantly apart on the color chart and cannot be created by mixing any other colors together.Secondary colors-orange, green and violet—are created by mixing two primary colors and are placed in between primary colors.Tertiary colors-red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, and yellow-orange are situated between primary and secondary colors and are made from mixing the two. Primary color is always listed first with a hyphen in the center of the word.Chromatic colors-colors derived from the visible spectrum and characterized by the presence of both hue and chroma, all colors other than black, white or gray.