How to Pick Colors for SplitComplementary Color Schemes

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How to Pick Colors forSplit-Complementary Color
Schemes
Key your Name here

• Use Drawing Worksheet 5 and
• Unit 7 Notes Worksheet Page 2 to
• find these colors.

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Split-Complementary Color Scheme

• Definition Three colors that form a Y-shape
• Number of Colors 3
• How to Find
• Pick the first color
• Find the complement of the first color (follow
  the dotted arrow on the example)
• Second color is two hexagons clockwise from the
  complement
• Go back to the complement
• Third color is two hexagons counter-clockwise
  from the complement
• DO NOT choose a color from a different ring of
  the color wheel rings are separated with red
  lines
• See A-B-C on Example

A
C
B
This is As complement
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Problem 1 Split-Complementary Color Scheme

• Directions
• Duplicate the WordArt A two times
• Change one to B and the other to C
• Move them over the correct color

Follow the dotted line to As complement
A

• Directions
• Click the Color B box
• Fill with the correct color
• Repeat Steps 4 5 for Color C

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Problem 2 Split-Complementary Color Scheme

• Directions
• Duplicate the WordArt A two times
• Change one to B and the other to C
• Move them over the correct color

A
Follow the dotted line to As complement

• Directions
• Click the Color B box
• Fill with the correct color
• Repeat Steps 4 5 for Color C

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Problem 3 Split-Complementary Color Scheme

• Directions
• Duplicate the WordArt A two times
• Change one to B and the other to C
• Move them over the correct color

A

• Directions
• Click the Color B box
• Fill with the correct color
• Repeat Steps 4 5 for Color C

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Problem 4 Split-Complementary Color Scheme

• Directions
• Duplicate the WordArt A two times
• Change one to B and the other to C
• Move them over the correct color

A

• Directions
• Click the Color B box
• Fill with the correct color
• Repeat Steps 4 5 for Color C
• File Print color printer handouts 6/pg