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TEACHER'S CHOICE: (Colourful Words) |
This is the full version of the activity lesson plan from Window to the Past: The Roedde House Curriculum by Kathryn Reeder and Vickie Jensen.
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Objectives:
To expand descriptive vocabulary Activity description: Before students break into groups to do the "Draw and Draw Again" and "No Two Alike" activities, it is important for them to model a good descriptive vocabulary. Choose an object such as a jacket or sweater. Explain that if it is the only sweater among the jackets in the cloakroom, it is easily identified because it is one of a kind. If it is the only red sweater among other sweaters, it is still easily identified by colour. But what if it is one red sweater among many red sweaters? How can it be described so as to be distinctive?
Colour has both tone and intensity and may be descriptive, decorative, and/or symbolic. A colour wheel can explain the origins and relationships of colour.
| COLOUR VOCABULARY | ||
| blended cool dull in harmony noticeable pure smudged transparent |
bright dark expressive light primary secondary tint (white added) warm |
clear discordant glowing neutral pastel shade (black added) |
Families of Colour (Hue Dimensions)
| YELLOW | ||
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amber bisque brownish yellow carbuncle citrine cream gold mustard peach reddish yellow straw tawny topaz |
apricot blond buff chartreuse citron crocus golden ochre primrose rust orange sunflower tea rose wheat |
aurulent brimstone canary chrome citrus greenish yellow lemon olive raw umber saffron sulphur titian |
| BLUE | ||
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aquamarine beryl cobalt eggshell hyacinth jouvence madder mulberry pavonian powder sapphire steel ultramarine |
azure cadet cyanic French indigo lapis marine navy peacock robin's egg sea teal wisteria |
baby cerulean damson glaucous Italian lazuli midnight Nile periwinkle royal slate turquoise |
| RED | ||
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apricot brownish red carmine cherry coral fire engine incarnadine maroon peach rose scarlet terra-cotta vermilion |
blood burgundy carnation claret crimson flamingo magenta minium pink ruby strawberry titian wine |
brick cardinal cerise copper dahlia fuchsia mandarin murrey puce salmon tea rose tomato |
| GREEN | ||
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apple bird's egg fern hunter lime manganese mousse olive peacock turquoise |
aquamarine chartreuse forest jade louat mignonette myrtle Paris sea |
avocado emerald grass kelly malachite moss Nile pea shamrock |
| ORANGE | ||
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apricot carrot peach reddish orange yellowish orange |
burnt flame persimmon rust |
cadmium flesh pumpkin tangerine |
| PURPLE | ||
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amethyst heliotrope magenta orchid violet |
damson lavender mauve plum |
grape lilac mulberry puce |
| BLACK | ||
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carbon ink nightshade raven sloe |
coal jet obsidian sable soot |
ebony lampblack pitch slate |
| GRAY | ||
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ash-gray dapple oyster white pewter slate taupe |
battleship dove Paine's gray pumice smoke twilight |
charcoal gun-metal pearl silver steel |
| BROWN | ||
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amber biscuit buff cinnamon copper fawn khaki ochre rust sienna tan topaz walnut |
auburn bister chestnut cocoa dun hazel Lovat punce sand spice titian umber |
beige bronze chocolate coffee ecru henna mahogany russet sepia sorrel toast Vandyke brown |
| WHITE | ||
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alabaster bone eggshell frosty leucocyte off-white snow |
albescent chalk ecru hoar marble pearl winter |
bleach cream fleece ivory milk silver-white zinc |
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