Colour/Materials in “Nature Colour Wheel”

The colour wheel is made up of 3 primary colours, Red, Yellow and Blue and 3 Secondary colours when the primary colours are mixed together, green, orange and purple. Making a colour wheel is a fun and important way to understand colour. Many artists have used the colour wheel to inform the work they make and to make artworks that make people feel an emotion. In many countries the colour yellow is seen as a happy colour because of its connection with the sun.

Project

There is a printed colour wheel in your sketch book - colour it in using the pastels in your pack or by rubbing leaves/petals on the paper to match the colours on your colour wheel. For example, a green leaf crushed and rubbed to make…green! Find a buttercup or dandelion to make… yellow! Don’t be afraid to take colours from nature and simple stick them directly to your colour wheel too.

Continue this project as you make your way through the trail. Just have fun and keep your eyes peeled!!