Separating chromatic from achromatic colours
DESCRIBING COLOURS:
Lightness/value and Chroma
Discover the differences between chromatic and achromatic colours
Details:
All ages
Time: 10 minutes
Learning Outcome: Recognize the difference between chromatic and achromatic colours
Colour Concept: How chromatic and achromatic colours differ
Materials:
Background - Sorting Introduction
Coloured tiles: physical, or online at: https://5drealities.itch.io/colour-lit-sorting (CHROMO)
Instructions:
See Free Sort Lesson plan for instructions on using online CHROMO sorting set.
If you have done a previous exercise, go to Menu and Clear All.
Figure 1. All 45 coloured tiles displayed as diamond shapes in random order.
From the CHROMO Menu, select the diamond shape and click on Add 36 Colours. When these appear on the next page click on Menu again and then on Add 9 Gray Scale. See Figure 1.
Figure 2. Diamond shape tiles separated and moved to the right.
Move the tiles to the right of the screen. See Figure 2.
Figure 3. Achromatic coloured tiles moved to the left and arranged as a grey scale.
Move the achromatic coloured tiles to the edge of the screen on the left. Arrange them as a grey scale with white at the top. The tiles can overlap slightly. See Figure 3.
Take a screen shot or photograph of your arrangement and save it. Then post or send it to your teacher/ workshop leader for display and discussion.
Vocabulary:
Questions & observations:
Describe the differences between chromatic and achromatic colours.
