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Color picker wheel

Twelve everyday colors on one wheel for color games, art choices, and sorting activities with young children.

Tap, flick or press Space

12 entries

Hide a note behind a slice with a bar: cat | a small furry pet. It shows after the spin. Start a line with an emoji to draw it big. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too.

After a spin

Anyone can come up again. Repeats are fine.

Who's away today?

Tap anyone who is away. Their slice is hatched and skipped today only; at midnight they are back. Nobody is deleted.

Drag the wheel round and let go to flick it. Your flick sets the show. The draw is already fair: your browser's secure random generator picks the winner before the wheel moves.

The contents travel inside the link after the # sign, which browsers never send to any server. Anyone you give the link to can read them.

Space spin, or stop sooner · R new round · M sound on or off · F full screen · Esc leave it

Your edits are saved in this browser only, and never sent anywhere. Turns and away marks never go into a link.

How to use it

  1. The wheel already holds 12 entries for “Color wheel”. Edit, add or delete lines in the box and it redraws; your changes stay in this browser.
  2. Tap the wheel, press Space, or drag it and let go to flick it. The winner is drawn first with your browser's secure random generator; the pegs, the clicks and the big reveal only show it.
  3. Choose Fade the winner or Remove the winner to use every entry once, or Keep everyone in for repeats. “Original list” brings back the starting entries, and Print makes a paper spinner of the list.

Ideas for class

  • Spin and hunt: students find three things in the room that match the color and name them.
  • Pick the color for the day's craft or the crayon everyone must use first in a drawing.
  • Play a movement game: when the wheel lands on a color, everyone wearing that color stands up, hops, or waves.
  • Practice color words: read the word on the wheel aloud, then write it, then use it in a sentence.
  • Sort the classroom bin: spin a color and the helper puts away every block, bear or counter in that color.

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Questions

Is the text readable on every slice?

The wheel itself uses its own set of slice colors with text that meets accessibility contrast rules, so the words stay readable. The slice color is not the color named in the entry, which keeps the game honest: children read the word, they do not guess from the background.

Can I add colors?

Yes. Add lines such as Turquoise, Silver or Maroon. The wheel redraws as you type.

Is this good for colorblind students?

Because the colors are written out as words, the game does not depend on seeing the color. That makes it useful for every student.

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