Abstract
The study of colors is taught in junior high school art courses. For this type of study, color cards and solid color models are often used in addition to the textbook. However, colors have a variety of characteristics including a connection to emotions. With conventional instructional methods, such as using color plates in textbooks to help students imagine mixtures of colors, it is difficult to help students understand some of these characteristics. In addition, teaching the use of color in everyday life requires the preparation of a large number of teaching materials in a variety of forms, such as supplementary reading material, slides, and wall charts. However, through the use of computers, we can readily create simulations of mixtures of colors, as well as easily and freely show examples of the use of color in everyday life and the techniques used in the color schemes of famous works of art. This research was implemented to develop software to support the study of colors in order to help students to easily understand the characteristics and uses of colors, and to create coursework on colors that is closely related to our everyday lives. This paper discusses the design concept of the software.
