Curated OER
Color Principles - Hue, Saturation, and Value
Students identify different color models and the application of the color theory. They create different visualizations that compare color models.
North Birmingham Academy
Color Theory
What better way to learn about colors than by coloring? Starting with the primary colors, young artists follow written prompts to shade in various rectangles and a color wheel to show complementary colors, tints and shades, and more.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Hsl Color Matching
In this 8-problem quiz/practice students use the sliders to change the amount of Hue, Saturation and Lightness in the color on the left. When you match the target color, click the Check answer button.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Characterizing Color
This site from Georgia State University discusses the meaning of the terms hue, saturation and brightness. Thorough, meaningful explanations and outstanding graphics.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Color
This site from Georgia State University discusses the location of visible light on the electromagnetic spectrum. Includes the wavelength values for various colors of light within the visible light spectrum.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Temperature and Absolute Zero
A thorough, multipage discussion of color and color television sets that explains how an image is formed on the television using red, green, and blue light. Understandable discussion, excellent graphics, and many interactive Java applets.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Color Correction Suite
This is a color correction suite - a program for editing the color properties of an image. Try changing the properties of the whole image or a region of the image. What effects can you achieve? How does the look of the image affect how...