My daughter loves painting and coloring to the max! I thought it was about time for her to begin understanding the colors she was using and how they relate to each other. It really is fascinating that there are only three primary colors that all other colors come out of! To make it fun and easy for my five-year-old, we used the following tools for this project:
*Coloring combination and mixing games from Mama Miss
*Rainbow coloring sheet from best coloring pages for kids
*Youtube video about primary and secondary colors by Scratch Garden
*Color wheel showing primary, secondary and tertiary colors from Color Guides
*A very cute book on color mixing called Mouse Paint
*A Color Notebook called 4 Types of Color Harmonies from Harrington Harmonies
*Coloring combination and mixing games from Mama Miss
*Rainbow coloring sheet from best coloring pages for kids
*Youtube video about primary and secondary colors by Scratch Garden
*Color wheel showing primary, secondary and tertiary colors from Color Guides
*A very cute book on color mixing called Mouse Paint
*A Color Notebook called 4 Types of Color Harmonies from Harrington Harmonies
Harrington Harmonies has been incredibly generous with her subscriber freebies. One of the jewels in this lot is a color notebook of color harmonies. We have enjoyed mixing each of the different colors needed to complete Complementary, Monochromatic, Analogous, and Triadic Color Palettes.
Mama Miss has a wonderful free downloadable printable that you can laminate and paint on. I chose to laminate the small color circles and add velcro to them for the matching games. I have used this mixing palette several times and it is holding up well.
Mouse Paint, by Ellen Stoll Walsh, is an adorable story and easy to understand guide to primary coloring mixing. I read this story several times during the week of our color study.
Scratch Garden has a series of educational videos for kids but I think this one is my favorite.
It is a simple way to explain the primary and secondary colors as well as warm and cool colors on the color wheel.
It is a simple way to explain the primary and secondary colors as well as warm and cool colors on the color wheel.