Creative Color Wheel Project Ideas
Let's face it, kids don't want to paint a boring color wheel. Change up your color wheel lesson for your intro or homeschool art class with these creative ideas for a color wheel! It's still a basic rainbow color wheel, but when you let students add their own flair, it becomes an art project that they are happy to display.

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Simply show the students a basic color wheel or grab some prisms to teach the color order of the rainbow and let their imaginations run wild! You can use markers, tempera paint, or water colors. Water colors tend to blend easier for a gradual, visual color change. Use tempera for an exact mixing of primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. There's more to color than ROY G. BIV.





What order do the colors go on the wheel? It depends where you start. Think about a rainbow or use a prism to display the colors in their natural light spectrum order. Allow students to paint anything they want as long as they demonstrate an understanding of the rainbow color wheel order.

Rainbow Activities



                                                 Use Prisms to show the rainbow of light spectrum colors.


How to Make a Creative Color Wheel
Color Wheel Project Supplies Needed:
Mixed Media PaperBasic Water Color Paint KitBrushesEgg Carton for Mixing and RinsingTable Cloth - Use kraft paper rolls like the ones pictured below.






You can find more ideas for a preschool or early elementary basic color wheels on our site. We also have a cool, color theory paper project with detailed information on the various color schemes. 


Classroom Skit about a Rainbow







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