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Color theory crossword covering hue, saturation, complementary colors, and the color wheel.
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Color Theory for Painting Crossword

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A 22-clue crossword introducing color-theory vocabulary for painting students. Clues cover the color wheel, primary and secondary colors, warm and cool colors, tints and shades, and concepts like saturation and monochromatic schemes. Use it to reinforce color-theory lessons or as a review activity for middle-school art classes.

Subject:
Art
Topic:
Painting
Grade Level:
6th – 8th Grades
Updated January 2017

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