Lesson · Kindergarten · Arts Education
Mixing Colours: Red, Yellow and Blue Make New Colours
- Kindergarten
- Arts Education
- 50 s
- British Columbia
- BCK-AR-06
A paintbrush mixes red, yellow and blue paint two at a time to make orange, green and purple. Each new colour appears between the two paints that made it, next to an orange, a leaf or a bunch of grapes.
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In one sentence
The question this lesson answers
What happens when we mix two colours?
Here are three paints: red, yellow and blue.
Transcript
What the lesson says
What happens when we mix two colours?
Here are three paints: red, yellow and blue.
First, let's mix red and yellow.
Red and yellow make orange, like this orange!
Next, let's mix yellow and blue.
Yellow and blue make green, like this leaf!
Last, let's mix red and blue.
Red and blue make purple, like these grapes!
We made new colours: orange, green and purple.
Mix two colours, and you get a new colour!
Curriculum
Where this fits
- British Columbia, Kindergarten
Arts Education, Visual arts: visual arts: elements of design: line, shape, texture, colour; principles of design: pattern, repetitionBCK-AR-06
The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.
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