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Wheel (Part 1)
Written By Ms. W
Illustrated by Clipart
3. Then, all of a sudden, the first
three colors POPPED into
space!
4. Their names were Yellow, Blue, and
Red. Since they were not made from
any other colors, they named
themselves the “Primary Colors”.
5. The Primary Colors became really good friends and
colored the stars in the universe.
But soon they started to get lonely. Blue
became even bluer.
6. Chapter 2
The Secondary Colors
Yellow offered poor Blue a piece of its heart. Blue decided to
let Yellow have a piece of its heart as well.
7. POP! Out of the hearts came Baby
Green! Yellow and Blue were so happy!
8. “I wonder what will happen if Red and I
combine our hearts too?” wondered
Blue.
10. Then Red and Yellow combined their
hearts, too. And guess what happened?
12. Because they came second, the Primary
Colors named their babies the “Secondary
Colors”.
14. Chapter 3
The Complementary Colors
After watching the world and the
people that lived on it for some time,
the six colors decided what their
favorite holidays were.
15. Red and Green liked
Christmas.
Blue and Orange liked
Halloween.
Yellow and Violet liked
Easter.
These pairs of colors got along, so they called
themselves “Complementary Colors.”
16. Chapter 4
The Color Wheel
Then the colors
created one
huge circle.
This huge
circle became
known as the
color wheel.
20. And that is the
end of the first
part of our
story!
The End!
24. The Story of The Color
Wheel (Part 2)
Written By Ms. W
Illustrated by Clipart
25. Chapter 5
The Tertiary Colors
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green,
Blue and Violet were very
happy for a long time.
26. Most of the world had color, but some
parts did not. Soon, the six colors
wanted to paint the rest of the world.
27. Blue remembered that he, Yellow, and
Red had blended their colors to create
Green, Orange, and Violet.
28. “Maybe we can mix our colors even
MORE!” Blue exclaimed. “Then we can
use the new colors to color the rest of the
world!”
29. Just then, six white doves flew up from a
tree. Eager to help the colors, they
offered to color the rest of the world.
30. “But how can the doves do that?” Red
wondered. “They are plain white.”
31. Then all the colors smiled at the same
time, for they had all thought of the same
idea.
33. Red and Orange threw part of their color
onto the first dove. The dove became
Red-Orange!
34. Orange and Yellow threw part of their
color onto the second dove. The dove
became Yellow-Orange!
35. Yellow and Green threw part of their
color onto the third dove. The dove
became Yellow-Green!
36. Blue and Green threw part of their color
onto the fourth dove. The dove became
Blue-Green!
37. Blue and Violet threw part of their color
onto the fifth dove. The dove became
Blue-Violet!
38. Violet and Red threw part of their color
onto the sixth and smallest dove. The
dove became Red-Violet!
39. The six doves were so happy with their
new colors. They painted the rest of the
world.
40. Then the six colors decided to add the doves to their color
wheel! They named them the “Tertiary Colors” because they
came third.
41. Chapter 6
The colors
and the
doves
enjoyed
spending
time together.
They liked to
hang out in
groups of
three.
Triads
42. They hung
out in triads.
Triads are
groups of
three colors
that are
EVENLY
SPREAD on
the color
wheel.
45. The twelve colors lived happily ever after. In fact, they are still
alive today in everything you see.
