Mixing paint colours
Age 7 · Art
Cyan, magenta and yellow are three paint colours. When you mix two of them, you get a brand new colour!
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Examples
- Blue paint and yellow paint make green paint on your paper.
- Pink paint and yellow paint make orange-red paint in a painting.
Key takeaways
- Mixing two paint colours makes a new colour.
- Cyan, magenta and yellow can make many other colours.
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