How to mix primary colors to secondary | kids
The most exciting activities in my art classes is when a child mix colors for the first time. The look on their face is magical. Like their in disbelief when two colors come into contact and change beautifully into a perfect secondary color. My students get lost in mixing strategies with combinations of primaries. This activity is very simple and you don’t have to be an advance art teacher to introduce this activity to children, you just need red, yellow and blue paint quality paints!
Spramani Elaun
Basic Steps to mixing primary Red, Yellow and Blue
I’ve discovered with my natural art method kids can quickly learn how to mix primary colors into secondary colors with some basic simple lessons.
I prefer to use watercolor and acrylic to introduce these lessons.
We use Ready Friendly Non Toxic Watercolor For Kids in my beginning color theory classes because the colors have been designed just for this lesson.
Using these two paint mediums gives kids practice using common fine art paints.
Start simple by showing kids how to mix only two primaries.
Give kids plenty of time to experiment with just two colors.
Blue + Yellow = Green
Red + Yellow = Orange
Red + Blue = Violet Purple
You can teach young kids and older kids these same skills varying different painting projects.