Mixing Primary Colors

Second graders investigate colors. In this visual arts lesson, 2nd graders study primary colors. Students learn to mix primary colors to create secondary colors.

New math? Sure. Squirt, mix, and match. They may make a mess, but kids are sure to enjoy squirting primary colors on their pallette, following the visual formula indicated, and presenting their solutions to these color problems.

Students investigate the primary colors and mixing colors. In this colors lesson, students predict what will happen when colors are mixed together. Students then mix primary colors to create new colors.

A music video features two playful cats that explore the outside world to find colors. They showoff buckets of paint filled with primary colors and mix the paints together to create secondary colors.

First graders create new colors.  In this primary colors lesson, 1st graders brainstorm all the colors they know and use the primary colors to make different colors.  Students keep a record sheet of how each color is mixed together and...

Students experiment with mixing primary colors together using frosting and pretzel sticks.

Third graders identify secondary colors that are created by mixing primary color paint combinations, and make paintings of their own.

Learners mix primary colors to make secondary colors. They write a description of the process. They look at images to identify primary and secondary colors before making personal color wheels.

Are your teaching in a cold and snowy environment? If so, then try out this fun activity with your class. You mix a variety of colors in large jars to show learners the difference between primary and secondary colors, then let them mix...

Anyone who has worked with small children know that color identification and color mixing can be fun! This simple idea has a lot of potential. It suggests to mix food coloring with corn syrup to provide an opportunity for color mixing...