🎨 Mixing Colors
Mix red, yellow, and blue to make brand-new colors!
1
lesson
~5 min
to learn
🔬 Science
subject
Ages 3–5
level
What you’ll learn
- Name the primary colors and know which colors they make when mixed.Red, yellow, and blue are the primary colors. Mixing red and yellow makes orange, blue and yellow makes green, and red and blue makes purple.
Questions this course answers
What color do you get when you mix red and yellow?
Red and yellow mixed together make orange, like a pumpkin!
Which three colors are the primary colors?
Red, yellow, and blue are the primary colors we use to make new colors.
Grounded in trusted sources
- Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum, "Mini Art Lesson: Red, Yellow, Blue" (hirshhorn.si.edu)
- HowStuffWorks, "Primary Colors" (science.howstuffworks.com/primary-colors.htm)
- Britannica Kids, "color" (kids.britannica.com/kids/article/color/353001)
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