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Mixing new colours
Age 8 · Art
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When you mix two paint colours together, you get a brand-new colour, like yellow and blue making green. If you add a little white at a time, a colour gets lighter and lighter.
In the picture
- Yellow paint: the first colour to mix
- Blue paint: the second colour to mix
- Green paint: the new colour made by mixing yellow and blue
- Palest stroke: blue with the most white added
Examples
- Painting grass green when your paint box only has yellow and blue
- Adding white to red paint to make pink for a flower
Key takeaways
- Yellow and blue mixed together make green.
- Each bit of white you add makes a colour lighter.
Quiz: Mixing new colours (Age 8)
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What colour do you get when you mix yellow paint and blue paint?
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What happens to a paint colour each time you add a little more white?
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When you mix two different paint colours together, what do you get?
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