Title: Mixing Colors
Math Knowledge Standard: 1
Objective: The goal of this activity is to let them find out through fun exposure what happens when you mix two primary colors together to get a secondary color.
Materials needed:
- Six Dixie Cups
- Water
- Three Food Coloring Containers: Red, Blue, Yellow
What to Do:
- Fill three Dixie cups ½ full of water.
- Put a few drops of food coloring in each cup so you have the three primary colors – one red, one blue, and one yellow. I make the yellow one extra dark, and the blue and red have fewer drops.
- Show your child how to put a few drops in another empty Dixie cup. Add another one of the primary colors.
- Discover what two primaries equal:
- Red + Blue = Purple
- Red + Yellow = Orange
- Blue + Yellow = Green
Note: Purple, Orange, and Green are secondary colors.
In the Comment Post below, please share your child’s age and if they are a boy or girl. What colors did your child make? Describe what you did and how it went.
