Color Mixing Exploration (Part 3)

Practice color mixing in this art lesson: color mixing exploration (part 3).

🎨 Studio Brief #26

Learn how to mix secondary and tertiary colors from the three primaries: red, yellow, and blue.

🎯 Your mission

Make a feeling with color, not a thing.

⚡ The twist

Use colors that don't 'go together'.

What you'll learn

Learn how to mix secondary and tertiary colors from the three primaries: red, yellow, and blue. Understanding color mixing is the foundation of all painting.

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Techniques you'll practise

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You will need

Watercolor paint setRound brushes (sizes 4-8)Watercolor paper

Step 1 of 4

Place a dab of red, yellow, and blue paint on your palette, spaced apart.

Step 2 of 4

Mix red + yellow to make orange. Mix yellow + blue to make green. Mix blue + red to make purple.

Step 3 of 4

Now mix each secondary color with its neighboring primary to create tertiary colors: red-orange, yellow-orange, etc.

Step 4 of 4

Paint a color wheel showing all 12 colors in their correct order.

Did you know?

🤯 Mind = Blown

🤯 The color we call 'blue' didn't have a name in many languages until very recently.

🌟 Artist Spotlight

🎨 Mark Rothko painted huge color blocks that made adults cry.

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✨ More to explore

🌍 Where you see this: Every brand, every poster, every video game — color was picked on purpose.

🏆 Try this week: Paint your feeling today — no shapes, just colors.

👨‍👩‍👧 At dinner: “Why did you pick those colors? What feeling were you going for?”

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