A Colorful Donut - The Color Wheel

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A Colorful Donut - The Color Wheel 1. Which scientist helped discover the color wheel?
A. Einstein
By Colleen Messina B. Copernicus
C. Newton
Have you ever seen a colorful D. Kepler
donut? You might see one in art
class, but you can't eat it. It is called 2. What kind of food was the color wheel compared to in the
a color wheel. article?
A. a hamburger bun
A color wheel shows all the colors B. Cheerios
of the rainbow. It looks like dots of C. a cookie
color in a circle. A scientist named D. a donut
Isaac Newton noticed that when
sunlight goes through a prism, a 3. What are the three most important colors called?
rainbow of colors is created. Newton
put the colors he saw in a circle. A. secondary colors
Then, artists later made this circle of B. neutral colors
colors into a color wheel. The color wheel helps artists create C. primary colors
beautiful work. D. tertiary colors

Artists love colors. They study colors. The three most important 4. What color is made if you mix red and yellow?
colors are red, blue, and yellow. Red, blue, and yellow are called A. green
primary colors. These three colors make all other colors on the color B. purple
wheel. If you wanted to paint an orange, you would mix yellow and C. orange
red. If you wanted to paint purple grapes, you would mix red and D. brown
blue. If you wanted to paint green grapes, you would mix yellow and
blue. 5. What color is made if you mix red and blue?
A. white
Some colors are called warm colors. Warm colors have a yellow tone B. purple
to them. They seem happy and cozy. They make you feel like you C. black
have lots of energy. Red is a warm color. Other colors are called cool D. green
colors. Cool colors have a blue tone to them. They make you feel
calm. Gray and brown are neutral colors. They are not on the color 6. Which of the following is a neutral color?
wheel.
A. brown
Artists love the multicolored donut called the color wheel. You can B. blue
learn a lot about color by looking at one. Just don't try to eat it! C. red
D. yellow
 Have you ever done a science experiment with mixing colors? If so,
Name describe what your experiment was and what you learned about
color.

7. How do cool colors make you feel?

A. excited
B. hungry
C. angry
D. calm

8. What kind of equipment did Isaac Newton use to discover the

color wheel?
A. a microscope
B. a telescope
C. a prism
D. a compass

The color wheel has all the colors of the rainbow. Write a short story
about what you would like to find at the end of a rainbow.