By combining the three primary colors and the three secondary colors we can form a basic rainbow of colors. You may remember your grade school lessons on ROY. G BIV. We will be focusing on just six of those seven basic colors. The six colors we will include in our rainbow are; Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Violet. When Isaac Newton came up with the color wheel he included Indigo, or blue-violet, only because he based it on seven intervals of a musical octave. Therefore, needing a seventh color.
We challenge you to create a block featuring the six basic rainbow colors; Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Violet. Try to stay away from adding in tertiary colors just to fill your changeable components. We will be focusing on tertiary colors in a future color study lesson.
YOUR SIX COLOR RAINBOW BLOCK
Once you select your fabrics to represent your six color rainbow, you can now have fun making your rainbow block. Individually each color may evoke a different emotion.
Starting with the warm colors; Red is commonly associated with love or aggression, Orange with confidence and friendliness, Yellow brings feelings of energy and happiness.
The cool colors also have different emotions associated with them. Green is often related to environment but also with envy, Blue is calming and trustworthy, while Violet is thought of as royal or mysterious. However, there is no denying that the six colors together creating a rainbow evoke feelings of playfulness and joy.
Our sample block does contain blue-violet (Indigo) and also features green in two different values. We chose to do this in order to have 8 different fabrics in the 8 changeable components of this block.
If you need to fill in your blocks changeable components you can venture into the land of Indigo, a tertiary color we will call blue-violet. Or you can use different values of the six basic colors. Make a block that brings a smile to your face. Use fabrics and colors that you love. Color will always be a personal opinion of liking what you like. Feel free to select tints or shades to make your block your own. Have fun when selecting the fabrics for your six color rainbow block. Here are just a few examples of fabrics you could use.
Your rainbow does not have to be super saturated brights as pictured. Choose the fabrics you love that illustrate a six color rainbow. Make sure to include at least one fabric for each of the six colors; Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Violet. Get your block sewn together and don’t forget to share using the hashtag #bouldermqgcolorstudy19.
