How to Make a Color Wheel From Clay

A clay color wheel can be created as an artist's tool.

Using a color wheel can help you when you are decorating a room, painting a picture or selecting a color to match your sweater. You can make a color wheel out of many different materials, including paper, canvas and ceramic clay. To make a ceramic-clay color wheel, it is helpful to separate the clay into different sections to enable you to see the primary and secondary colors in the wheel more vividly.

Things You'll Need

• Ceramic clay
• Rolling pin
• 8-inch plate
• Clay knife
• Ceramic glaze
• Paintbrush
• Kiln

Instructions

1. Roll out 1/2 pound of ceramic clay into a sheet that is 1/2-inch thick.

2. Place an 8-inch plate on top of the sheet and trace around the plate with a clay knife.

3. Lift the clay circle out and lay it on a flat surface.

4. Cut the circle in half, then cut each half into thirds. This will create six sections.

5. Paint each section the colors of the color wheel using ceramic glaze. Start with red, then orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Let the glaze dry completely.

6. Fire, or bake, the clay color wheel for two hours in a kiln that is set to medium high.

References

• Color Scheme Designer: Color Wheel