Complete the sentences using the words in exercise 1

1. Check the meaning of the words in the box. Do you know any other adjectives to describe colours?

(Kiểm tra nghĩa của các từ trong hộp. Bạn có biết bất kỳ tính từ nào khác để mô tả màu sắc?)

complementary      harmonious      pastel

primary      secondary      vibrant

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THE COLOUR WHEEL

Have you ever thought about how colours are related? Why do some colour combinations look good and others don’t?

According to Isaac Newton, white light consists of all the colours of the rainbow. Newton then arranged them in a circle of warm and cool categories.

Red, blue and yellow are the three primary colours on the colour wheel. By mixing two primary colours, we've got the secondary colours green, orange and purple.

Colours can also be harmonious or complementary. Complementary colours are directly opposite each other, like red and green. Harmonious colours sit next to each other on the wheel.

Famous artists and decorators have used the colour wheel to choose the right colours ever since then. Everyone agrees that colours can affect our feelings. A vibrant red, for example, is often associated with anger or danger, while yellow is a happy colour. Blue can make people feel calm; pastel pink, which is a gentle pink, sometimes makes them think of romance, and green is the colour of nature.

What's your favourite colour? What do you associate it with?

2. Read the text. Write the names of colours 1-6 on the colour wheel. Which colours are primary and which are secondary?

(Đọc văn bản. Viết tên các màu từ 1 đến 6 trên bánh xe màu. Màu nào là chính và màu nào là phụ?)

yellow - primary

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4. USE IT! Work in groups. Look at Wassily Kandinsky’s painting Squares with Concentric Circles. Choose two squares in the painting and say how the colours in each square are related. Which square do you like best and why?

(Làm việc nhóm. Nhìn vào bức tranh Squares with Concentric Circles của Wassily Kandinsky. Chọn hai hình vuông trong bức tranh và cho biết màu sắc trong mỗi hình vuông có liên quan với nhau như thế nào. Bạn thích hình vuông nào nhất và tại sao?)

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