LEARNING OBJECTIVE:

Understand how to create tints and shades through

mixing colour
LITERACY OBJECTIVE:
Understand, use and apply these key words:

Tertiary

Tint

Shade

NUMERACY OBJECTIVE:
Experiment with ratio to create different tints and
shades

The colour wheel fits together like a puzzle - each

colour in a specific place. Being familiar with the
colour wheel not only
helps you
mix colors
when painting, but in
adding colour
to
all
your art
creations.

Primary Colours
Primary colours are not mixed from other
elements and they generate all other colours.
Red
Yellow
Blue

Secondary Colours
By mixing two primary colours, a secondary
colour is created.
Red + Yellow = Orange
Yellow + Blue = Green
Blue + Red = Purple

TERTIARY COLOUR WHEEL

PRIMARY COLOUR + SECONDARY COLOUR = TERTIARY COLOUR

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LEARNING OBJECTIVE: UNDERSTAND HOW TO CREATE TINTS + SHADES THROUGH MIXING COLOUR
LITERACY OBJECTIVE: UNDERSTAND + APPLY THESE KEY WORDS... TERTIARY / TINT / SHADE
NUMERACY OBJECTIVE: EXPERIMENT WITH RATIO TO CREATE DIFFERENT SHADES + TINTS

Tertiary Colours
Intermediate, or Tertiary, colours are created by
mixing a primary and a secondary.

red-orange
yellow-orange
yellow-green

blue-green
blue-purple
red-purple

YOUR TERTIARY MASTERPIECE

USING WATERCOLOUR CREATE A TERTIARY COLOUR WHEEL
Step #1
Get your watercolours
and water pot at the
ready!
Step #2
Start with a primary
colour like red
Step #3
Then mix a secondary
colour with a primary
colour to create a tertiary
colour
Step #4
One your wheel is done
complete the rest of the
worksheet

Construct:
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: UNDERSTAND HOW TO CREATE TINTS + SHADES THROUGH MIXING COLOUR
LITERACY OBJECTIVE: UNDERSTAND + APPLY THESE KEY WORDS... TERTIARY / TINT / SHADE
NUMERACY OBJECTIVE: EXPERIMENT WITH RATIO TO CREATE DIFFERENT SHADES + TINTS

Colour values are the lights and darks of a

color you create by using black and white
(neutrals) with a colour. This makes
hundreds of more colours from the basic 12
colours of the wheel.
white + colour = tint
colour + black = shade

Neutral Colours
The principles of colour mixing let us describe a
variety of colours, but there are still many colours to
explore. The neutral colours contain equal parts of
each of the three primary colours. Black, white,
gray and sometimes brown are considered
"neutral.

Tints
Tints are lightened colors. Always begin with
white and add a bit of colour to the white until
the desired tint is obtained. This is an
example of a value scale for the tints
of blue.

Shades
Shades are darkened colours. Always begin
with the colour and add just a bit of black at a
time to get the desired shade of a colour.
This is an example of a value scale for the
shades
of blue.

TINTS
COLOUR + WHITE = TINT

+
1/2

1/2

=
2/3

1/3

+
Lighter

1/4

=
3/4

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: UNDERSTAND HOW TO CREATE TINTS + SHADES THROUGH MIXING COLOUR
LITERACY OBJECTIVE: UNDERSTAND + APPLY THESE KEY WORDS... TERTIARY / TINT / SHADE
NUMERACY OBJECTIVE: EXPERIMENT WITH RATIO TO CREATE DIFFERENT SHADES + TINTS

SHADES
COLOUR + BLACK = SHADE

+
1/2

1/2

=
2/3

1/3

+
Darker

1/4

=
3/4

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: UNDERSTAND HOW TO CREATE TINTS + SHADES THROUGH MIXING COLOUR
LITERACY OBJECTIVE: UNDERSTAND + APPLY THESE KEY WORDS... TERTIARY / TINT / SHADE
NUMERACY OBJECTIVE: EXPERIMENT WITH RATIO TO CREATE DIFFERENT SHADES + TINTS

PABLO PICASSO
THE TRAGEDY 1903

Apply:
COLD COLOURS

Why does Picasso pick to

use cold colours in this
piece?
Does he use tints or
shades?

If Picasso used warm

colours how would this
painting be different?
What atmosphere does
Picasso create using
these choices of colour?

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: UNDERSTAND HOW TO CREATE TINTS + SHADES THROUGH MIXING COLOUR
LITERACY OBJECTIVE: UNDERSTAND + APPLY THESE KEY WORDS... TERTIARY / TINT / SHADE
NUMERACY OBJECTIVE: EXPERIMENT WITH RATIO TO CREATE DIFFERENT SHADES + TINTS

Colour Schemes are a systematic way of using

the colour wheel to put colors together in
your art work, putting together the clothes
you wear, deciding what colours to paint your
room..

monochromatic,
complementary, analogous,
warm and cool.

Monochromatic
Mono means one, chroma means
colour monochromatic colour schemes
have only one colour and its values. The
following slide shows a painting done in a
monochromatic colour scheme.

This non-objective
painting has a
monochromatic
colour scheme - blue
and the values (tints
and shades) of blue.

Complementary
Complementary colours are opposite on the
colour wheel provided a high contrast - if you
want to be noticed wear complementary
colours!

This painting has

complementary colours
and their values - blues
and oranges.

Analogous
The analogous colour scheme is 3-5 colours
adjacent to each other on the colour wheel.
This combination of colours provides very
little contrast.

Analogous colours are

illustrated here: yellow,
yellow-green, green
and blue-green.

Warm
Warm colours are found on the right side of the
colour wheel. They are colours found in fire
and the sun. Warm colours make objects
look closer in a painting or drawing.

This is an illustration of
the use of warm
colours - reds,
oranges and yellows.

Cool
Cool colours are found on the left side of the
colour wheel. They are the colours found in
snow and ice and tend to recede in a
composition.

Note the cool colour

scheme in this
painting (greens,
purples and blues).