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Colors Have Names and Shades

Match labels, spot lighter and darker shades, and make your own labeled picture.

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A color name tells us its color family. A shade can look lighter or darker. Shape and color are different features: a blue circle and blue square have different shapes but share a color name. Read the labels too, especially on a black-and-white print.

Worked example

Cards A and B are both blue circles. A is labeled light blue and B is labeled dark blue. They share a shape and color family but differ in how light or dark they look.

A is a light blue circle. B is a dark blue circle. C is a yellow square. Labels preserve the meaning in black and white.
Compare color, shape and lightness as separate features.

Make a Color Pair

Our cards are A: light blue circle; B: dark blue circle; C: yellow square. On paper, draw two matching shapes. Color one lightly and one more darkly with the same pencil, or use light and dark pencil shading. Add the words light and dark. Your picture is practice, not an upload or a graded color-vision test.

Question 1 Which two cards have the same color family?
Question 2 Which card is labeled yellow?
Question 3 What shape is card A?
Question 4 How do A and B differ?
Question 5 How many square cards are described?