Graphic Design Color Theory Activities | Design Your Own Everyday Products Bundle
 
Make color theory relevant with a creative design challenge centered around products students see and use every day! Students will design backpacks, water bottles, takeout containers, and vehicles inspired by the color palettes of popular food, beverage, and lifestyle brands. This engaging bundle combines color theory, branding, and product design into one fun, real-world art activity.
Perfect for middle school art, high school art, graphic design, marketing, STEM/STEAM, sub plans, or early finishers.
 
What's Included:
Color Wheel reference page featuring: Primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, Warm and cool colors, Complementary, analogous, and triadic color schemes
Design Your Own Backpack worksheets
Design Your Own Tote Bag/Bag worksheets
Design Your Own Water Bottle worksheets (Yeti®, Stanley®, and similar styles)
Design Your Own Vehicle worksheets
Design Your Own Takeout Food Container worksheets
Each worksheet includes:, A popular food, beverage, or lifestyle brand for color inspiration, Student directions and creative design challenge, Reflection section to identify the color schemes used
 
Why You'll Love It:
Students will:
Apply color theory to authentic product design projects.
Explore how branding and color influence the products people choose every day.
Practice complementary, analogous, triadic, warm, cool, and monochromatic color schemes.
Develop observation, planning, and creative problem-solving skills.
Learn how graphic designers use color to communicate brand identity.
Design everyday products while adding their own artistic style and creative ideas.
Connect art, graphic design, marketing, and consumer products through meaningful, hands-on activities.