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Paint Mixing Palette

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.

In the picture

  1. A swirled blob of orange paint: the mix made where red and yellow meet
  2. A swirled blob of green paint: the mix made where yellow and blue meet
  3. 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.

Quiz: Paint Mixing Palette (Age 8)

  1. What colour do you get when you mix red and yellow paint?

    • Purple
    • Green
    • Orange
  2. Which two paint colours mix to make green?

    • Red and yellow
    • Blue and red
    • Yellow and blue
  3. Which colours are the three primary colours of paint?

    • Red, green, and purple
    • Red, yellow, and blue
    • Orange, green, and purple

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Art, Age 8