Color Math

INTERACTIVE DEMONSTRATION

Q: How many colors do you think exist?
A: Millions!!

Q: What are the colors in a rainbow?
A: Red, orange, yellow, blue, green, & purple

Did you know that we could make every single color that exists by mixing just three colors together? We call these three colors the PRIMARY COLORS.

Q: Do you know what the primary colors are?
A: Red, blue, & yellow

We can make all the colors of the rainbow just by mixing these three colors together!

Materials
Dry Erase Board

Dry Erase Markers: (1) red, (1) blue), (1) yellow
(to keep your markers clean, start with the lighter color for each “equation”)

Procedure

Set up three “color equations” on the dry erase board with circles of color.

Ask the kids to predict each outcome before combining the colors!

Yellow + Red = Orange
Red + Blue = Purple
Yellow + Blue = Green

Great Books About Color



Little Blue and Little Yellow

White Rabbit’s Color Book

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