Free Kids Paint Colour Mixing Guide
See below for the Free PDF.
There are some things you just cannot create with markers, pencils and crayons…. Mixing colours to make new colours is one of them. See how easy it is to mix primary paint colours.
The Colour Wheel Explained
Colour Mixing Chart:
One of the most exciting things about kid’s paints is learning how to mix colours to make new colours. You can use the primary colours red, blue, and yellow to get all of the colours of the rainbow. Plus you can use black and white for shading and lightening colours.
Kid's love mixing colour to make new colours.
This colour mixing chart shows how the 3 primary colours can be mixed with each other to become secondary colours. How these secondary can become intermediate colours. Download the PDF of the Colour Mixing Guide to have as a reference in the classroom.
You might also find these links helpful Colours & the colour wheel explained and Basic Primary Colour Combinations.
Primary Colours:
Secondary Colours
Results from mixing the Primary Colour with each other.
Intermediate Colours
Mixing one Primary Colour + One Secondary makes a intermediate colour.
Tints - Tones
Adding white to a colour lightens it
Adding black to a colour darkens it
Greys
By mixing varying amounts of
Black and White you can get
different degrees of shades of grey