How to Teach Your Kids About Colors with a DIY Color Wheel

One of the most fun and creative ways to learn about colors is to make your own color wheel. You only need three colors to start: yellow, red and blue. These are the primary colors, because they are the building blocks of all other colors.

By mixing two primary colors together, you can create new colors. For example, yellow and blue make green, yellow and red make orange, and red and blue make violet. These new colors are called secondary colors, because they are made from the primary ones. The word “secondary” comes from Latin and means “the second”. To get a nice secondary color, you need to use about the same amount of each primary color.

If you want to mix a specific shade of a color, you can try different amounts of the primary colors. For example, if you want a lighter green, you can use more yellow than blue. If you want a darker green, you can use more blue than yellow. It’s always a good idea to test your color on a small piece of paper before you use it on your color wheel.

Did you know that some colors look great together, while others clash? That’s because some colors are complementary, which means they are opposite on the color wheel. The complementary pairs are: yellow and violet, red and green, blue and orange. When you put complementary colors next to each other, they make each other stand out more. You can use this trick to create beautiful artworks with contrast and harmony.