Color Explorers and Painters · Painting and Color

Mixing the Rainbow

Discovering how primary colors combine to create secondaries and how to alter tones using black and white.

Key Questions

  1. 1What happens to a bright color when we add a tiny drop of black paint?
  2. 2How many different greens can we create by changing the amount of yellow we use?
  3. 3Why might an artist choose to use only warm colors in a painting?

NCCA Curriculum Specifications

NCCA: Primary - Paint and ColorNCCA: Primary - Elements of Art
Class/Year: 2nd Class
Subject: Creative Journeys: Exploring the Visual World
Unit: Color Explorers and Painters
Period: Painting and Color

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