You'll find a wealth of resources at this site dedicated to color! Easy-to-read discussions can be found on topics ranging from the science of light to complementary colors and the color wheel. All special terms are highlighted and...

This site was created by an art teacher and has several fun lesson plans that could be adapted to different grade levels. The activities are about color wheels, color theory, tints and shades, and several other subjects.

Contains information on value, contrast, gradation, and the values of hues of colors. Has great color charts and links to related sites.

This site discusses color and how it works in art, science, and the mind. Explore the many ways that color affects us.

Complete site on using color in art. Includes the history of color, psychology of color, color perspective, and how color changes depending on the medium used. Includes activities to help understand how to use color in your art.

Six activities sure to engage students of any age! Interactive games and puzzles let you play with color and create your own unique designs!

An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This instructional activity is from the artist's encyclopedia entry for color and includes information on the color wheel, value,...

A great introduction to color theory with colorful illustrations and examples.

The interactive learning activity explores the names of colors. Students drag and drop the names of the color on the picture of the color.

After providing an overview of color theory and the color wheel, this site focuses on complementary colors and perceptual opposites. Various examples of complementary colors are also provided.

Golden Artist Colors presents a guide to mixing acrylic paint. An explanation of color theory and mixing color with paint is included on this site. There are also color charts and exercises that can be done with paint that explore how...

An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson plan is on the color wheel and it studies both primary and secondary colors using Grace Hartigan's "Billboard." The...

A quick review of the color wheel and some tips on how to mix colors with paint.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces students to the concept of primary, secondary and tertiary colors. The lesson concludes with an activity in which students create their own color wheel from mixing colors and...

A brief informative site on optical illusions. Includes some beautiful examples of optical illusions such as spinning disks, color wheels, and Moire Pattern Generators.

A quiz on color complements and basic facts about color. Click back to home to access the French- or Spanish-language version of the site.

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A review of terms associated with the study of color as an element of art: spectrum, hue, color wheel, primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors, complementary colors, and analogous colors.

Two different hands-on activities that explore white light and the colors that make it up. In one activity students will create white light by using a color wheel. In the other activity students discover the colors that make white light...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This site is home to a collection of coloring pages targeted to kindergarten-aged children to assist them in learning their colors. Find a pumpkin, squirrel, grapes, bird, frog, snowflake, apple, sun,...

These Java applet review games help students with art vocabulary terms by matching, concentration, flashcards, and word-search games.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed to help students learn their colors. There are games and activities where students will be involved in using the ACTIVboard to learn their colors. An Activote quiz is included...

An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is on warm and cool colors and works are studied from both Van Gogh and Joan Mitchell. The animation shows the...

A collection of design motifs used in the art of pysanky, or Ukrainian egg decoration. Each symbol is accompanied by its meaning. A color wheel is also shown, with the meanings for each color when used in pysanky.