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Thinking sheet · Art and artists
Mix a Color Wheel
Color the wheel with three primary colors, mix the three in-between colors and record the recipes.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 30 minutes
- Topic
- Art and artists
- Kids practice
- primary and secondary colors, color mixing, recording results
What kids do
“Start with red, yellow and blue. Can you mix the rest?”
- Color each slice. Mix the ones in between!
- My color recipes
How to run it
- Paint, crayons layered on top of each other or colored pencils all work.
- Mix the light color first and add the dark color a little at a time.
- Older kids can add the six in-between colors on the back.
Talk about it
- Which mix surprised you?
- What happens if you mix all three?
- Why do you think orange sits between red and yellow?
Take it further
Paint a picture using only the colors you mixed yourself.
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