The Color Wheel

 

      An example of Visual Literacy in today's world is the color wheel.  A color wheel is a circle with different colored sectors used to show the relationship between colors.  Let me explain a little better.  The color wheel becomes a visual aid in helping us understand the principles of color.  The color wheel starts with three primary colors and then creates secondary colors by mixing them together.  The color wheel can be visually helpful and can contribute to the meaning of the whole.  The color wheel can visually help young children or adults learn how to mix colors and which colors can be made easily by mixing.  A real life example of how I use the color wheel would be that one day while I was painting I ran out of orange paint.  I had to make a color wheel to visually help me choose which colors I needed to mix.  I chose red and yellow and it worked out awesome!  Below is a video to help you understand the color wheel a little more.