Arranging coloured tiles in groups of the same character
DESCRIBING COLOURS:
Expanded hue families
Learn how to identify and arrange characters
Details:
All ages
Time: 10 minutes
Learning Outcome: Recognize similarities between colours of the same character.
Colour Concept: Move away from associating ‘colour’ with the vivid hues only; pay more attention to variations within hue families.
Materials:
Background - Sorting Introduction
Coloured tiles Handout: CHROMO Sorting Set
OR
Coloured tiles online at: https://5drealities.itch.io/colour-lit-sorting (CHROMO)
(Optional) Powerpoint with Instructions on sorting hue families & characters
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.
From the CHROMO menu, select Sort Colour Characters. See Figure 1. (Note: if you wish to sort without using the template, you may select Add 36 Colours instead of Sort Colour Characters.)
The teacher/ workshop leader will arrange the pale coloured tiles in the top nine-colour diamond, and will explain that these are the pale colours. See Figure 2.
Figure 1. Sort Colour Characters selected.
Figure 2. Pale coloured tiles moved and arranged in a nine-colour diamond
The task now is to arrange the remaining tiles in similar blocks of the other colour characters: muted (on the left), dark (on the bottom), and vivid (on the right).
Figure 3. Coloured tiles grouped according to their character: pale, muted, dark and vivid.
Take a screen shot or photograph of your four groups of colours and save it. Then post or send it to the teacher/ workshop leader for display and discussion.
The teacher/ workshop leader may then show an example of the completed set. See Figure 3.
Note: Students can check the sort by clicking on ‘Am I Right?”. Just the tiles that are not in the right spot will pop out and they can try again.
Vocabulary:
Questions & observations:
Why is it important to include character when we name and describe colours?
