Art Colour Mixing Guides
Colour mixing art
It is widely acknowledged that children learn best when they are having fun so incorporating some colour mixing art activities into your weekends and holidays is a great way to support their wider education and share fun activities within your family unit at the same time.
All children will be taught about primary colours as a matter of course and we have developed some great FREE downloadable templates for everyone to use at home to reinforce this. They are also an invaluable asset for teachers and nursery school leaders too.
Follow the links to download each chart. Ideal for teachers to print off for classroom learning, children will enjoy colouring in the circles and seeing what colour they need to add to create a new one.
The colour wheel
This reinforces colour theory and teaches the three main primary colours. Subsequently it helps to demonstrate what colours to mix together to create secondary colours. Great to print off and display on the wall for future reference.
Secondary Colours
These are made by mixing two primary colours together. This is a good one to start with as the theory is simpler.
Tertiary Colours
Are made by mixing one primary colour with an adjacent secondary colour. This template prompts which colours to use to see what happens when colours are mixed and expands on colour knowledge.
Rainbow Colours
This template helps to reinforce which colours to mix together to make the more familiar rainbow colours. Children could sing along with this while they are working.
How to do colour mixing activity
You could use the colour mixing chart for rainbow colours below to get started. Print off the template and get children to add colours such as red and yellow to create orange. This will also help teach them about warm colours and cool colours.
What is the rule of colour mixing?
Colour mixing for preschool children is an invaluable activity that will help them learn as they paint or colour. To get the best results for this activity, always use the same type of paint or ink when mixing. By that we mean don’t mix acrylic and watercolour or fibre tip pens and paint or the pigments will not work together properly. This is because some paints are water-based and some oil-based or they may have different properties and consistencies.
Get started by downloading these helpful colour mixing templates and enjoy some art-based learning. We hope that you have fun whatever you do first.
Paint Mixing Supplies
Add a splash of vibrancy to children’s creativity with Baker Ross’ Colour Kids Craft Ideas, designed to explore the wonderful world of colour. Inspire their artistic flair and spark joy through these colourful and engaging craft activities.
