Chapter 2: The Color Wheel

Chapter 2: The Color Wheel

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Learn the basics of color theory in this brief introductory course! In this chapter, Ana breaks down the color wheel into primary, secondary, warm, and cool colors and shows how the three primaries alone can work together to make warm and cool secondary colors. Grab your acrylic paints and put the basics of color theory to the test as you mix different combinations of red, yellow, and blue to create various hues of orange, purple, and green!

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