Mixing Makes New Colors

Lab Brief #3

🎯 Your mission

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

⚡ The twist

Color changes mean atoms are rearranging — even if you can't see them.

What you'll learn

Mixing things together can make something new. Mixing blue and yellow paint makes green!

Key words

Make a hypothesis first

Before you mix: what color do you think it'll turn?

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Step 1 of 3 · Read

Look at the new words. Can you say each one?

Step 2 of 3 · Observe

Draw a picture of what you observe.

Step 3 of 3 · Record

Share your results with a partner.

Question 1 of 3

What color do you get when you mix blue and yellow paint?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 2 of 3

What color do you get when you mix red and yellow paint?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 3 of 3

Mixing two paints together can make:

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Mind = blown

🌈 Every color you see is your brain inventing a translation of light frequencies.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

🎯

We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.

✨ More to explore

🌍 Where you see this in real life: This is happening in your kitchen right now — every time food cooks.

🏆 Stretch challenge (try it this week): Find one ingredient in a snack and look up what it does.

👨‍👩‍👧 For the dinner table: “What's something we cook that mixes things together this way?”

Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.

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