This will enable semantic highlighting for all languages that inherit this setting from Language Defaults . To enable it for a specific language instead (for example, Python), go to the Editor | Color Scheme | Python | Semantic highlighting page of the IDE settings Control+Alt+S , clear the Inherit values from checkbox, and select the Semantic highlighting checkbox.
What hues are needed to mix purple
Unit Topic: Colors
Lesson Topic/Theme: Mixing and Learning Colors
1. The student should be able to learn the names of colors through online and physical activities involved with paint.
2. The students are expected to learn how secondary colors (purple, orange, and green) are made by mixing primary colors (red, yellow, and blue).
3. We are hoping that every lesson will be able to help both visual and verbal learners learn how to mix colors and know the names of at least two or three colors.
a. Instructional Materials:
i. One computer/laptop for every student in class
2. The teacher will show the students, through demonstration, how to mix two primary paint colors on a paper plate to get a secondary color. The teacher will have the students mix two of their favorite colors that they learned about in �Color Factory,� and then will finger paint with those two colors on an easel.
a. Instructional Materials:
i. Two paper plates per student
ii. Smocks for each student
iii. Paint in all primary colors as well as black and white
a. Instructional Materials:
i. One computer/laptop for every student in class
This information is helpful for students to learn about because it gives them familiarity with the names of different colors, as well as what the colors look like and how they are made. To have knowledge of the names and looks of colors are basic necessities in learning how to view the world around oneself. This can help so many aspects of life ranging from coordinating outfits all the way to pursuing an artistic career.
1. Introductory Activity
a. Have the children form a circle and go around the group asking each child what their favorite color is.
b. Read a book about colors
i. Red is a Dragon: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Thong and Grace Lin
This book is about a young Asian girl who notices colors in the world around her. This rhyming book concludes by encouraging kids to look for colors in the world around them (Ages 1+).
ii. Mouse Paint by Ellen Stohl Walsh
3 playful mice introduce kids to mixing colors (Ages 2+).
i. �Color Factory� is a coloring activity that helps the student build their artistic skills. This game has a fun mix-and-match coloring game that not only reinforces the concept of basic colors, but also teaches kids the technique of color combination to create new colors. Through this game, children are playing to learn and learning to play.
ii. Play this game for about 20 minutes, until everybody has a basic understanding of which colors make what.
b. Once everybody is done playing, the teacher will make a list of all the colors listed in that game. Then, they�ll ask their students to raise their hands for which two colors they liked the best. The list will look something along the lines of:
c. As soon as everybody has their two favorite colors written in the list, they will finger paint with their two favorite colors.
This activity needs:
i. Two paper plates for each student in the class
ii. Primary paint colors and black and white paint colors
iii. Smocks for each of them to wear
The children will be asked to mix the primary colors to get their two favorite secondary colors, and finger paint with those colors (For example, Isabella likes purple and dark green, so she will need to mix red and blue on one paper plate, and yellow, blue, and black on the other paper plate).
i. �Mix and Paint� is designed to let students mix primary colors and also to lighten them using white. If they carefully pay attention, they can create an incredibly rich array of new colors.
ii. This website requires Flash, and usually takes about 2-3 minutes to completely load.
iii. With this game, students will be given a worksheet to assess what they have learned. There will be three separate color combinations that can be mixed together; they will be required to color in the blank circles with the correct color after being mixed.
Closure: To end the day�s lesson, the class will regroup back into the circle and go around naming one new color they learned to make, and how they learned to make it.
Evaluation: We will determine if we�ve met our objectives after:
1. The first online game when the children begin to recognize the names of secondary colors.
a. By the end of the day when we go around in the circle and hear each kid name a new color that they learned.
Concerns/Questions: Our only concern would be what the ratio of visual learners to verbal learners is, and how to go about making sure everyone has the same understanding of mixing colors.
Halloween colors and their meaning
Orange and black
While it might seem that black and orange have been around forever as the “official” colors of Halloween, that’s not the case, according to Lisa Morton, author of “Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween.”
“In the first few years of the 20th century, there were party guides being published that called yellow and brown Halloween’s colors, thanks to the holiday’s association with the fall harvest,” Morton tells TODAY.com, adding that yellow was for corn or maize and brown was for hay and dried husks.
But make no mistake: Orange is in honor of the jack-o’-lantern, which made its way into Halloween culture around 1910. According to Morton, it became “undisputed king of Halloween” because of the jack-o’-lantern’s prominence on postcards and in advertising.
As for black? “Black does indeed likely come from black cats, although bats contributed to that as well,” Morton says.
Purple and green
Purple and green have crept into the Halloween palette over later decades. Morton believes the introduction of green may have been inspired by the emerald complexions of witches in film — notably, Margaret Hamilton’s turn as the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz.”
“Before that, witches were typically shown with just human skin tones and dressed in red,” explains Morten.
Color expert Kate Smith wrote about the significance of purple on her website: “Purple has long been associated with wealth and royalty, as purple dye was precious and expensive. If green is the color of spring, then purple conjures up autumn, fading light, and shorter days.”
Smith also noted that the rich color is “associated with an escape from reality and magical images.” Sounds like Halloween and all its fantastic cosplay, for sure!
According to Amber Dunford, style director at Bed Bath & Beyond, purple evokes mystery and spirituality, which complements our modern interpretation of Halloween. Green is at the opposite end of the color wheel, making it a nice contrast to purple.
“These cooler color additions balance out the warmth of the orange, harmonizing the two color temperatures nicely,” Dunford tells TODAY.com. “The addition of green could be a nod to the external world, as we transition into fall hues around this time and the last of the summer greenery might be found lingering in some landscapes.”
The psychology of color
“Color is the first thing we assess when viewing an object, making it one of the most powerful and memorable design aspects from a psychological perspective,” Dunford says.
People often react to color before they even respond to an object’s shape, texture or scale. “This tendency makes color a very powerful tool in marketing and one that becomes difficult to look past once it becomes ingrained in our psyche,” she adds.
Whether you prefer the classic Halloween colors or enjoy the expanded palette that includes green or purple, one thing’s for sure: When you see these colors, you’ll think of Halloween.
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Barbara Bellesi Zito is a freelance writer based in New York City. She covers home & lifestyle topics for a variety of digital publications. Her debut novel is due out later this year and she’s at work on her second.
Sarah Lemire is a lifestyle reporter at TODAY.com with more than a decade of experience writing across an array of channels including home, health, holidays, personal finance, shopping, food, fashion, travel and weddings. An avid traveler, foodie, helicopter parent and couch film critic, Sarah is originally from Minneapolis and has spent the last two decades unsuccessfully trying to figure out the difference between a hoagie and a sub.
Share color schemes
If you are used to a specific color scheme, you can export it from one installation and import it to another one. You can also share color schemes with other developers.
Export a color scheme as XML
PyCharm can save your color scheme settings as an XML file with the .icls extension. You can then import the file to another installation.
- Press Control+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and then select Editor | Color Scheme .
- From the Scheme list, select a color scheme, click , then click Export and select IntelliJ IDEA color scheme (.icls) .
- Specify the name and location of the file and save it.
Export a color scheme as a plugin
The plugin can be uploaded to the plugin repository for others to install. This format has several benefits over an XML file, including metadata, feedback, download statistics, and versioning (when you upload a new version of the plugin, users will be notified about it).
- Press Control+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and then select Editor | Color Scheme .
- From the Scheme list, select a color scheme, click , then click Export and select Color scheme plugin .jar .
- In the Create Color Scheme Plugin dialog, specify the version details and vendor information. Then click OK .
When you install a plugin with a color scheme, that scheme will be added to the list of predefined schemes.
Import a color scheme
- Press Control+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and then select Editor | Color Scheme .
- From the Scheme list, select a color scheme, click , then click Import Scheme .
Fonts
To customize the default font used in the editor, open the Editor | Font page of the IDE settings Control+Alt+S . This font is used and inherited in all color schemes by default. For more information, refer to Font.
To configure the font used in the PyCharm interface (tool windows, toolbars, menus, and so on), open the IDE settings Control+Alt+S , and go to Appearance & Behavior | Appearance . From the Use custom font list, select a font and specify the font size in the Size field.
Customize the color scheme font
You can set a different font for your current scheme.
This is not recommended if you are planning to share your scheme or use it on other platforms that may not support the selected font. In such cases, use the default global font settings.
- Press Control+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and then select Editor | Color Scheme | Color Scheme Font .
- Select the Use color scheme font instead of the default checkbox.
Customize the console font
By default, the text in the console uses the same font as the color scheme. To use a different font in the console:
- Press Control+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and then select Editor | Color Scheme | Console Font .
- Select the Use console font instead of the default checkbox.
Install a new custom font
PyCharm can use any font that is available in your operating system or in the Java runtime that is used to run PyCharm. If you want to add another font, you need to install it in your OS, and PyCharm will discover it after a restart.
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Download the desired TTF font package and unzip it to extract font files ( .ttf ). For the font to work correctly, it should have at least 4 files: Normal, Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic.
Select all font files, right-click the selection and choose Install .
Select all font files, double-click the selection to open the Font Book preview, then click Install Font at the bottom.
Unpack fonts to ~/.local/share/fonts for the current user or to /usr/share/fonts to install fonts system-wide, and then run fc-cache -f -v .
Productivity tips
See the color scheme settings for the current symbol
- Place the caret at the desired symbol, press Control+Shift+A , find the Jump to Colors and Fonts action, and execute it.
This will open the relevant color scheme settings for the symbol under the caret.
See which fonts are currently used in the editor
- Press Control+Shift+A , find the Show Fonts Used by Editor action, and execute it.
This will open the Fonts Used in Editor dialog with a list of fonts.
Use the quick switcher
- Press Control+` or select View | Quick Switch Scheme from the main menu.
- In the Switch popup, select Editor Color Scheme , and then select the desired color scheme.
Both the Jump to Colors and Fonts and the Show Fonts Used by Editor actions do not have a default shortcut. To assign a shortcut for an action, select it in the Find Action popup and press Alt+Enter .
