7th Grade: Complimentary Color Flowers

Complimentary colors are colors that are located directly across from each other on the color wheel. The reason they are called complimentary colors is because of the way they make each other pop.


Students chose a flower of their choice and then drew them onto water color paper. They then divided their design into three parts, one for each complimentary color pair. They used water color paints to add color. I encouraged students to use different shades in the water color by either adding different amounts of water or adding black to a color.