You can mix colors of paint.
Mix yellow and red to make orange.
Mix yellow and blue to make green.
Mix red and blue to make violet.
Red, yellow and blue are called primary colors.
Orange, green and violet are called secondary colors.
This is a color wheel.
The arrows show how to mix colors of paint.
What two colors make orange?
What two colors make green?
What two colors make violet?
Project – Color: Mixing Colors
1. Write your name and code on the back of your paper.
2. Trace several circles on your paper using a stencil.
3. Have some of the circles overlap. Add other shapes if you like.
4. Paint each circle a different color.
5. Where the shapes overlap, mix the colors together to make new colors.
6. Wash, wipe, blot whenever you change or mix colors.