How to Pick Colors for Triadic Color Schemes

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How to Pick Colors forTriadic Color Schemes
Key your Name here

• Use Drawing Worksheet 6 and
• Unit 7 Notes Worksheet page 2 to
• find these colors.

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Triadic Color Scheme

• Definition Three colors that are equally
  distanced apart
• Number of Colors 3
• How to Find
• Pick the first color
• Count the number of hexagons in that ring of the
  color wheel
• Divide that number of hexagons by 3 to find the
  DISTANCE
• Count ahead clockwise that DISTANCE
  from Color A to find Color B
• Count ahead clockwise that DISTANCE
  from Color B to find Color C
• 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
B
C

• How many hexagons in the ring with Color A?
  Answer 6
• Divide 6 by 3 2
• Count from A clockwise two hexagons Color B
• Count from B clockwise two hexagons Color C

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Problem 1 Triadic Color Scheme

• Directions
• Duplicate the WordArt A two times
• Change one to B and the other to C
• Move them over the correct color
• Click the Color B box
• Fill with the correct color
• Repeat Steps 4
• and 5 for
• Color C

• How many hexagons in the ring with Color A?
  Answer ?????
• Divide ?????? by 3 X
• Count from A clockwise X hexagons Color B
• Count from B clockwise X hexagons Color C

A
Count clockwise
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Problem 2 Triadic Color Scheme

• Directions
• Duplicate the WordArt A two times
• Change one to B and the other to C
• Move them over the correct color
• Click the Color B box
• Fill with the correct color
• Repeat Steps 4
• and 5 for
• Color C

Count clockwise
A

• How many hexagons in the ring with Color A?
  Answer ?????
• Divide ?????? by 3 X
• Count from A clockwise X hexagons Color B
• Count from B clockwise X hexagons Color C

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Problem 3 Triadic Color Scheme

• Directions
• Duplicate the WordArt A two times
• Change one to B and the other to C
• Move them over the correct color
• Click the Color B box
• Fill with the correct color
• Repeat Steps 4
• and 5 for
• Color C

A
Count clockwise

• How many hexagons in the ring with Color A?
  Answer ?????
• Divide ?????? by 3 X
• Count from A clockwise X hexagons Color B
• Count from B clockwise X hexagons Color C

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Problem 4 Triadic Color Scheme

• Directions
• Duplicate the WordArt A two times
• Change one to B and the other to C
• Move them over the correct color
• Click the Color B box
• Fill with the correct color
• Repeat Steps 4
• and 5 for
• Color C

A
Count clockwise

• How many hexagons in the ring with Color A?
  Answer ?????
• Divide ?????? by 3 X
• Count from A clockwise X hexagons Color B
• Count from B clockwise X hexagons Color C

7. File Print to the Color Printer Handouts
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