Color Wheel Construction (Part 13)

Practice color wheel in this art lesson: color wheel construction (part 13).

🎨 Studio Brief #50

Build a complete color wheel showing primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.

🎯 Your mission

Splash colors that don't usually hang out together.

⚡ The twist

Mix on the page, not on the palette.

What you'll learn

Build a complete color wheel showing primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. This is the artist's most important tool for understanding color relationships.

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Techniques you'll practise

color wheelcolor mixingtertiary colors

You will need

Colored pencilsDrawing paperScissors

Step 1 of 4

Draw a large circle and divide it into 12 equal sections like a clock.

Step 2 of 4

Paint the primaries at 12, 4, and 8 o'clock positions.

Step 3 of 4

Mix and paint secondaries between each pair of primaries.

Step 4 of 4

Mix and paint tertiaries between each primary and secondary. Label all 12 colors.

Did you know?

🤯 Mind = Blown

🤯 The color we call 'blue' didn't have a name in many languages until very recently.

🌟 Artist Spotlight

🎨 Vincent van Gogh painted *Starry Night* from memory, in a hospital, at night.

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🌍 Where you see this: Every brand, every poster, every video game — color was picked on purpose.

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👨‍👩‍👧 At dinner: “Why did you pick those colors? What feeling were you going for?”

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