A fun and tasty color mixing lesson for the primary grades (special thanks to Maryanne Messier).
Background:
There are only three main colors that make up all the other colors in the world. Without them there would be no colors. These three colors are red, yellow, and blue.
We call these colors the Primary Colors.
All other colors can be created by mixing the primary colors in various combinations. For example:
Yellow + Red = Orange
Red + Blue = Violet
Blue + Yellow = Green
We call these colors the Secondary Colors
Objectives:
To have fun while experiencing the "magic" of color mixing.
What You Need:
vanilla cake frosting (store bought or homemade)
red, yellow and blue food coloring
bowls to mix in
popsicle sticks for stirring
paper plates
plain vanilla cookies (optional)
napkins
white paper
What You Do:
First mix together three different color frostings by adding food coloring to the vanilla icing. This can be done beforehand or during the actual color mixing lesson.
Each kinderartist receives 1 paper plate and/or 4 cookies.
Each kinderartist may then add one small spoonful of each color of icing onto one of the paper plates or cookies.
Ask your kinderartists to predict what color will result when yellow and blue are mixed.
Your kinderartists can then mix small amouts of yellow icing and blue icing together with a popsicle stick and spread the new color on a cookie or paper plate.
Ask your kinderartists to predict what color will result when blue and red are mixed.
Your kinderartists can then mix small amouts of blue icing and red icing together with a popsicle stick and spread the new color on a cookie or paper plate.
Ask your kinderartists to predict what color will result when red and yellow are mixed.
Your kinderartists can then mix small amouts of red icing and yellow icing together with a popsicle stick and spread the new color on a cookie or paper plate.
Talk about these new findings and discuss color mixing.
Draw a color wheel on a large piece of paper at the front of the classroom or on the chalkboard.
Finally, have students create their own color wheels on paper using markers, crayons, paint or pencil crayons.
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