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Color Theory Basics
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Colour Theory Basics
🎨 Part 1: Understanding Colours
1. What are the three primary colours?
Red, Blue, Yellow
Red, Green, Blue
Blue, Yellow, Orange
Red, Purple, Green
2. Which of these are warm colours? (Tick all that apply)
Red
Blue
Orange
Purple
Yellow
Green
3. Which type of colours, light or dark, might an artist use to make a picture feel cheerful?
Light colours
Dark colours
Both are equally cheerful
4. Which group of colours (warm or cool) is often used to represent energy and excitement in art?
Warm colours
Cool colours
It doesn't matter
🖍️ Part 2: Creative Practice
5. In the box below, colour in two warm colours of your choice. Label each colour underneath.
6. Complete these colour mixing equations:
Red + Yellow = _______________
Blue + Yellow = _______________
Red + Blue = _______________
7. Explain in your own words why an artist might choose cool colours for a winter landscape painting.
8. Name three cool colours:
1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________
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