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WHITE SCARLET

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CYAN TURQUOISE TEAL GRAY

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BLUE INDIGO PINK

AZURE LAVENDER ROSE

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HOW THE CIRCLE WORKS

•Colors at the edge of the circle SUGGESTED USE
are the highest chroma possible. The Print color copies for your students.
pigments in our media are limited in chroma! NEUTRAL
Laminate, or use clear acetate sheets or
•Colors have less chroma as they get closer to the resealable plastic baggies, so dry-erase
center. The colors at the center have zero chroma. markers can be used to draw lines in
•If a line between two colors goes through the solving color mixing problems.
center, those two colors are visual COMPLE- Cut along the dotted line to create
MENTS. However, some visually complementary wheels, if you would like to introduce
pigments donʼt mix in a straight line. your students to color problems that are
aided by rotating the circle.
USE THIS DISK TO TEACH ADVANCED
• COLOR NAMES & RELATIONSHIPS.

This version includes 28 colors + black/white/gray.
Which colors are similar? Which overlap? Which are opposites?
•COLORS BY VALUE & CHROMA.
Which colors are high chroma? low chroma? high value? low
value? have a range?
• COLOR TEMPERATURE & HUE.
How are hue and temperature related? How are chroma and
temperature related? How is the chroma of a mixture affected
by the temperature of its component pigments?
• COLOR MIXING (PIGMENT-SPECIFIC).
Which colors canʼt be mixed in pigment? Why? Which mixes
need white? Which pigment pairs yield chromatic grays? Which
pigments mix along paths that curve outward (retain chroma)?
Which mix along paths that curve inward (lose chroma)?
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CAVEAT: Be aware that the colored
wedges and blobs presented on this
ColorDisk prototype will not correctly
print on CMYK printers nor accurately
display all colors on RGB screens.
THE COLORDISK
Version 3 ADVANCED
By Peter T. Donahue -- cc 2021
This artist tool may be used, altered
and reproduced freely, but derivative
works may not be copyrighted or sold.
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