Paint Mixing Palette
Age 8 · Art
A palette holds red, yellow and blue paint in three separate blobs. Where two of them meet, the paint is mixed into orange, green or purple.
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Browse Age 8In the picture
- A swirled blob of orange paint: the mix made where red and yellow meet
- A swirled blob of green paint: the mix made where yellow and blue meet
- A swirled blob of purple paint: the mix made where blue and red meet
Examples
- Stirring yellow and blue icing together until the frosting on a cake turns green.
- Rolling red and blue play dough together until it turns purple.
Key takeaways
- Red, yellow and blue are the three primary colours of paint.
- Mixing any two of them makes a new colour: orange, green or purple.
Quiz: Paint Mixing Palette (Age 8)
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What colour do you get when you mix red and yellow paint?
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Which two paint colours mix to make green?
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Which colours are the three primary colours of paint?
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