1C Art L4 - Explore complimentary and contrasting colours

Lesson: Art and design

Class: 1C - Mrs Carey Year: 2023 - 2024

In this lesson we observed and discussed a variety of colours.  We first looked at both primary (red, blue and yellow) and secondary colours (green, orange, purple) and then discussed which were cold/warm colours.

We then looked at a colour wheel which explained and showed us which colours belonged to which group; red, orange and yellow are warm/hot colours and blue, purple and green are cool/cold colours. This is where we learned all about contrasting/opposite colours.

We then experimented with these colours using different types of media (paint, pencils, crayons and oil pastels). We chose two colours at a time and explored which paired contrasting colours we found complimented each other.

From this we chose our favourite four colours that complimented each other the best to use for our repeated images back grounds.