Discover complementary colors! Then see how your brain can trick your eye into seeing images.
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Experiment 1--Complementary colors. Have you ever mixed primary colors—red, blue, and yellow—to make secondary colors (green, purple, and orange)? Try it with Crayola Dry-Erase Markers on an individual white board. Work quickly for best results!
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After you have mixed secondary colors, erase your experiments. Draw your own color wheel. Figure out how to place the primary and secondary colors in their correct order! Look at a color wheel to verify your placement.
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Colors that appear directly opposite each other on the color wheel are called complementary colors (red/green, yellow/purple, and blue/orange). What sports teams or other groups use complementary colors in their logos? Why do these colors "pop" when you look at them?
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Together, read a book such as Hello, Red Fox by Eric Carle. The concept of complementary color is fascinating at any age!
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Experiment 2--Optical illusion. With a red dry-erase marker, draw a small heart in a corner of a white board. Place a black dot in the center of the remaining white space.
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Stare at the center of the red heart while you slowly count to 10. Then shift your gaze to the black dot. Do you see a green heart floating in the white space? Try this experiment with several other colors and simple images. How can you explain this colo
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