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Tie-dye embellishes campus
Nov 16, 2002 8:00 AM
By Stefan Eady - Faculty
The tree at the bottom of the walk to Middle School may have had all-yellow leaves, but it still managed to sport an array of fall colors, thanks to art teacher Karen Johnson’s creative teaching method. Seventh and eighth grade students put the color theory to the test by tie-dyeing T-shirts on a beautiful autumn day in mid-November.
The project culminated the students’ education about primary, secondary, and complementary colors. “They had to be aware of what colors touched one another,” Johnson said. “If complementary colors, colors that are directly across from one another on the color wheel, touch in the dyeing process, they will ‘neutral out’ and make brown.”
Students also learned that when primary colors combine they make secondary colors; for example, when red touches or blends with blue, purple is created. They also tried their hands at mixing primary and secondary colors.
The project culminated the students’ education about primary, secondary, and complementary colors. “They had to be aware of what colors touched one another,” Johnson said. “If complementary colors, colors that are directly across from one another on the color wheel, touch in the dyeing process, they will ‘neutral out’ and make brown.”
Students also learned that when primary colors combine they make secondary colors; for example, when red touches or blends with blue, purple is created. They also tried their hands at mixing primary and secondary colors.
