Use a Color Scheme and Color Temperature for Design Harmony In user experience (UX) design, you need a firm grasp of color theory to craft harmonious, meaningful designs for your users. Lighting – How pale or saturated it appears. A color’s properties are:Ĭhroma – How pure it is: i.e., if it has shades (black added), tints (white added) or tones (grey added). Tertiary (or intermediate – mixes of primary and secondary colors)įollowing Newton’s findings, the study of color advanced to cover the properties of color in its two forms-i.e., print/paint and screen/light-and in a variety of fields, from art to astronomy. By systematically categorizing colors, he defined three groups: Newton understood colors as human perceptions -not absolute qualities-of wavelengths of light. Sir Isaac Newton established color theory when he invented the color wheel in 1666. Paul Gauguin, Famous post-Impressionist painter Color is in the Beholders’ Eyes “Color! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams.” I can spread that happiness.See how to leverage color to resonate with users. If I’m feeling happy, I can do something nice for a friend or make them laugh with a funny joke.Talk about what we can do with our feelings. It can be something that made you feel happy today or something that made you mad.” Prompt: “Now, we’re going to write about how we are feeling today and draw a picture to represent that feeling.

Once students complete their wheels, hand out the corresponding worksheet. Think how you’re feeling right now and put the pin on that part of the wheel.” Once you’re done coloring, cut out your wheel, and I’ll pass out clothes pin. Today, we’re going to make a feelings wheel to make it easier to tell someone how you are feeling.

Sometimes checking in with a friend or teacher and letting them know how you’re doing can make all of the difference. But sometimes, it’s hard to say how you’re feeling with words. Now, I’d like you to think about the following: ‘How am you feeling today? Are you feeling sad? Angry about something? Happy? Just blah/OK?’ How are you feeling today? I’m feeling happy because I had my favorite breakfast this morning. Prompt: “Everyone has different feelings and sometimes it’s hard to explain how we are feeling and what we may need at that moment.

Optional: Laminate feelings wheel after students complete worksheet.

SEL Skill(s): Communication, Emotion Regulation

Emotions color wheel activity