Random color wheel

Games and challenges

• Color scavenger hunt: spin, then everyone has two minutes to find three objects of that color in the room. For young children, keep only the first 11 colors.
• One-color drawing: draw anything using only shades of the color you landed on, plus black and white.
• Palette builder: spin three times with Remove the winner after each spin on and design a poster, a room or an outfit using only those three.
• Color photo walk: take ten photos of things in your color on a walk. The photography challenge wheel has more ideas.
• Outfit of the day: spin in the morning and wear one thing in that color.

A note on the slices

The slices are colored by the wheel’s theme, not by the color written on them, so a slice that says “Green” may look orange. Read the label: that is the result.

If you work with code or design, some of these names are also standard web color names. In CSS, for example, coral is #FF7F50, teal is #008080, navy is #000080 and indigo is #4B0082. Other names, like Peach or Mint, are everyday names that cover a range of shades.

Make it yours

For a class learning colors in another language, type the color words in that language. For a painting group, swap in pigment names you own, like Ultramarine, Burnt sienna and Cadmium yellow. Save each version in My wheels.