Here are 3 ways to connect color and emotion: The truth is, to get students excited about color theory, we have to show them how color and emotion are intertwined. But, how do we prevent the color wheel from being dry? Once students understand more about color, they can appropriately use color to express emotions and feelings in their artwork. How many times have you showed students a color wheel and felt a little disappointed when their eyes did not start to twinkle? Sure, we art educators are all jazzed about color, but for some reason, if we try to just explain the wonder of color, it falls flat. Such is the case with teaching color theory in the classroom. No matter how captivating the information is, if it is called a theory, it can come across as boring or stale. For many students (and teachers), almost anything with the word “theory” causes us to press the snooze button.
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