Color Mixing Triangle

This was a simple color mixing activity I did with my kids using watercolors.

Materials:

watercolors
paint brush
watercolor paper
black pen (waterproof is even better)

Procedure:

Draw a simple triangle on watercolor paper.

Wet the paper well with a sponge or paintbrush - try to avoid the triangle line or use a waterproof pen.

Using a paintbrush put a primary color at each corner of the triangle: red, blue, & yellow.

With a well saturated paintbrush, drag the colors between each point so they mix to make the secondary colors: purple, green, & orange.

Comments

[Jennifer]

Can't wait to get to making these with my wee ones this fall!

Thanks for the info!

[Julie K in Taiwan]

Excellent activity! I really enjoyed your rainbow themed choices.