Primary Colors Exploration

Practice color identification in this art lesson: primary colors exploration.

🎨 Studio Brief #1

Red, yellow, and blue are the three primary colors.

🎯 Your mission

Splash colors that don't usually hang out together.

⚡ The twist

Skip the color you'd normally pick.

What you'll learn · 1 of 2

Red, yellow, and blue are the three primary colors.

What you'll learn · 2 of 2

They cannot be made by mixing other colors, but you can mix them to create every other color!

Get ready

Techniques you'll practise

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Washable markersCrayonsConstruction paperGlue stick

Step 1 of 3

Paint three large circles: one red, one yellow, one blue.

Step 2 of 3

Where the circles overlap, mix the colors to show what secondaries they create.

Step 3 of 3

Label each color with its name.

Did you know?

🤯 Mind = Blown

🤯 Mixing red, yellow, and blue paint together makes mud — but mixing red, green, and blue light makes white.

🌟 Artist Spotlight

🎨 Vincent van Gogh painted *Starry Night* from memory, in a hospital, at night.

You did it!

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We'll pick an art project that matches exactly where your skills are right now.

✨ More to explore

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

🏆 Try this week: Find five shades of one color around your house.

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

Send it to a parent looking for a 15-minute screen-free creative win.