Color Wheel Design Ideas – Learn more about colors with this really cool Color Wheel Art Project! This color wheel project uses basic art supplies you probably already have, like tissue paper instead of regular paint. It’s a fun alternative to creating a color wheel and is easy to create using our color wheel template. As kids make their own color wheel (which can double as a sun catcher!) they’ll learn about primary and secondary colors.
With this color wheel art project, kids can learn to identify primary and secondary colors in an interactive and hands-on way! They will discover exactly what happens when two primary colors are mixed to create a secondary color.
Color Wheel Design Ideas
This color wheel craft is taken from our portfolio of elements of color art projects. If you like this color wheel art project, you might want to check out some of our other element art projects.
Color Wheel Art Project (template Included!)
For more creative color wheel ideas, learn how to make a color wheel using our printable turtle color wheel or use our color mixing worksheets to make a flower color wheel.
First things first! Scroll to the bottom of this guide and download our free printable coloring page template. Print it on white paper, then place it in a clear sheet protector.
Prepare the tissue paper by cutting out small squares of each of the three main colors, red, blue and yellow. You need enough of each color to fill two sections on the color wheel.
Take the Mod Podge glue and apply a thin layer of it to the clear plastic protective layer using a brush. Spread the glue on the wheel one section at a time.
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Fill one section of the wheel, then add another layer of glue to the tissue paper before moving on to the next color.
When you finish your red section, lose the section and fill the next one with yellow paper in the same way.
For secondary colors, you must cross over two primary colors to create a new composite color. Between the red and yellow sections, make a section containing the yellow and red knitting squares to make the orange.
Continue wrapping the tissue around the color wheel. The section next to the yellow must be a mix of yellow and blue material to create the green, the next section will be just blue paper, and the last section a mix of red and blue paper to create the purple.
Creative Color Wheel Design
To complete your color wheel, outline each part of the color wheel with black glue. You can spray it directly from the glue bottle. (To turn your glue into black glue, just put some black paint in a bottle of glue and shake the bottle until the paint and glue are mixed)
After you’ve outlined the colored wheel with black glue, let it dry and then remove the stencil from the inside of the plastic shield. Cut out the color wheel with scissors.
This color wheel art project is fun to create and a little different from the typical painted color wheel. Your finished color wheel project can even be used as a sun catcher!
The color wheel pattern we used for this art project is included as part of our Elements of Art color pack, or scroll down to get just the free color wheel pattern.
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We hope you have fun creating this color wheel art project. Kids will love stacking the tissue paper to see what secondary colors they can create from the primary colors. Hold your colored dots project up to the light or place it in a window to see the sun shine through the colors. earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. This post may contain affiliate links, and I may receive a commission when you click one of those links and make a purchase.
Middle school students will practice color theory in this creative color wheel project. It’s so fun to design individual pieces to create creative looks!
This project covers the Common Core Standards for 7th grade math that will be found at the end of the lesson.
Make A Creative Color Wheel Design From Scratch
In this Creative Color Wheel lesson, students will design a creative color wheel using primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.
Watch a couple of videos. I like all of these, but depending on their background in color theory, you may only need one or two. After watching them, discuss what they learned.
Another idea is to use this color wheel and paint them in the areas with the corresponding color. Click here for PDF
Another plan would be for students to cut up magazines to find colors for each area of the pattern.
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In each corner you can see (pictured below) that I have labeled each corner R for Red, RO for Red Orange, O for Orange and so on. It just amazes me that some students ask me what is between green and blue. Hmmm. Either way, this is a great tertiary color boost.
I marked them in the same way on separate paper plates. Just for the sake of time and cost, I pre-mixed the colors and spread them around the room as stations, but I think it’s even better when they mix themselves.
Remind them to keep the paint thick but smooth. Sometimes some students would come back for another coat. As you can see in the picture below, I encouraged them to leave a little white around each edge so the color wouldn’t bleed or blend.
Then, on a blank 4-inch square, preferably cardboard or more watercolor paper, have them draw a picture. Now that sounds pretty simple, but first some practice pictures are needed. The main thing they want to do is make lines and designs on the picture. Like the face or in this case where the hands go on the bat and the lines on the ball. I remind them that we are only making a silhouette. Like a shadow. Just a summary. I remind them to try to fill the paper with a picture. In the case of a club, use the diagonal to make the image as large as possible. It is natural for all of us to be attracted to the “small”.
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I show students how to use the window to find each image directly. First, have them place their large, dry colored paper on the window with the color facing out, away from them. Then draw the picture on the paper. When all are found, they are cut.
Finally, lay down the pre-cut 12 x 12 black construction paper. If I were to do this project again, I would give them a circle to place in the center of the paper. It is very difficult to find a circle when placing pieces. I like the ball and the bat – one student faced them and the other put his back. I also like to use paw prints to complete the design. If you have more advanced students, you can use clips to add a colorful accent to each piece.
Leah Newton holds a Master’s in Education with California Clear Multi-Subject Certification and a BA in Dance from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She taught for more than 20 years in public and private schools. Lia currently teaches art to Tk-8th graders at a local school and at the Crocker Museum of Art in Sacramento, CA.A paint project that combines art, science, and even math! Instead of creating a boring color wheel, students learn about the parts of the eye as they learn to mix colors on the color wheel.
Students should be able to identify the sclera (white part of the eye), iris and pupil.
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2. Draw a larger eye by finding a circle template (I made one out of cardboard. Since we were going to make a color wheel on a magazine, I wanted the students to start with a nice circle so that everyone was the same.
4. Divide the circle into 12 segments (we had a little math lesson on fractions during this process.)
8. Older students can use different values between dark corners and eyeshadow to create a global illusion
Students will write an artist statement that includes the steps they took to paint in each area of the color wheel. They will also be asked to name the parts of the eye they remember. They will be asked to list their favorite and least favorite