Student Work sheets
Student Handout for Sketches
Color Harmonies/Schemes
Monochromatic
Triad
Complementary
Analogous
Split-Complement
ONE Color:
Different Values
of it--tints, shades
or tones
THREE
Colors
evenly
spaced on
color wheel
TWO colors
directly opposite
on color wheel.
THREE colors
side by side on
the color wheel
THREE colors:
Use
complementary
colors and omit
one of them--use
the colors on
either side of it
instead
Red & Green
Red, RO and
Orange
Red, YG and BG
Orange & Blue
Orange, YO
and Yellow
Orange, BG and
BV
YG, YO and
RV, BV
Yellow and Violet
Yellow, YG
and Green
Yellow, RV and
BV
BV, BG and
YO, RO
YO and BV
Green, BG and
Blue
Green, RO and
RV
Blue
RO and BG
Blue, BV and
Violet
Blue, YO and RO
Violet
YG and RV
Violet, RV and
Red
Violet, YO and
YG
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
NEUTRALS:
Black, White &
Gray
Red, Yellow
& Blue
Orange,
Green &
Violet
YG, BV and
RO
Double SplitComplement
FOUR colors:
Similar to SplitComplement, but
omit both
complements
and use the
colors on either
side of them.
RO, RV and
YG, BG
BG, YO and
RV
Intermediate Color Abbreviations:
RO=Red-Orange
RV=Red-Violet
BV=Blue-Violet
BG=Blue-Green
YG=Yellow-Green
YO=Yellow-Orange
Color Wheel Examples
Op Art Final Requirements
1. Plan ahead. Practice creating Op art before you begin. Practice shading with watercolor or
color pencil. Practice which color schemes you want to use.
2. The final project must have three Op art designs on one page drawn within a frame. Op art
designs must give the perception of the picture changing as you look at them.
3. Three color schemes used in the designs with watercolor, color pencil or both
4. Create a well planned layout on the paper including a border of at least 1”
5. Very precise neat lines and shapes
6. Turn in your sketches with the final project
7. Label the color scheme on the back of the art work.