Colour Literacy Exercises: STEAM Pathway
Perceiving colours
The Rainbow and beyond
How many colours are in the rainbow? If your response is ‘seven’ - take a closer look!
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Create a spectrum, and see how many hues you can find!
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Non-spectral colours & iridescence
Discover non-spectral colours when you experiment with iridescent materials.
Working with colours
Exploring Mixing Processes
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Explore the simple additive mixing process with coloured LED flashlights
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Optical mixing using spinning disks
Create unexpected mixtures using spinning disks!
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Subtractively mixing opaque media
Explore the subtractive mixing process using pastels and acrylic paints.
Subtractively mixing transparent media
Explore the subtractive mixing process using filters and watercolour paints.
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Optical mixing using a diffusion filter
Mix new colour perceptions using a diffusion filter.
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Working with colours
Bringing it all together
Explore 3 types of colorant mixing, and see how they produce different results
Did you know there is more than one way to define a set of complementary colours? Explore complements in this exercise.
