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MY COLOUR STUDIO

Create Your Own Colour

Mix a colour, give it a name and use it in your own picture.

Create Your Own Colour: illustrated worksheet with space for children’s observations

Look, then try.

Choose any two available paints; pink and blue in the picture are examples. Start with a little of each. Add more of one, notice the change, and write down what you did.

Start drawing and writing below

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Use washable child-safe paint with a grown-up. Keep paint away from your mouth and eyes. Wash hands afterward. Keep devices dry and away from paint. A grown-up should cut the matching cards.

Use a finger, stylus or mouse in each drawing box. Type below it, or ask a grown-up to write your words. Your work stays in this tab. Save before refreshing or leaving.

ACTIVITY 1

My recipe

Draw your paint colours and describe the amounts.

ACTIVITY 2

My colour picture

Use your mixture on paper, then draw or describe your picture here.

Your ideas belong here. There is no score.

What are we learning?

Changing the proportions can change a mixture. Naming and describing your colour connects art with language.

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Open the individual cartoon activity sheet to print or save. Use portrait orientation and fit to page.

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Try another little investigation.

Preview of How to Mix ColoursHow to Mix Colours

Choose two paints, predict, mix gently and record the result.

Draw · Type · SavePreview of My Colour PredictionsMy Colour Predictions

Guess what two paint colours might make before trying them.

Draw · Type · SavePreview of My Colour Mixing ResultsMy Colour Mixing Results

Record the colours you really made with your paints.

Draw · Type · SavePreview of Colour Matching CardsColour Matching Cards

Match six colour cards with the objects shown in those colours.

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