Materials
Small clear plastic cups Red, yellow and blue dye
Protected area (floor, tub, tabletop, etc.)
Instructions
1. Fill three cups with clear water.
2. Dye each with a different primary color.
3. Let the children experiment by pouring some of the colored water into the clear cups.
4. Encourage them to mix the colors and try to discover which two colors make orange, purple and green. Did they create anything else?More to doArt: Once the children discover the color combinations for the secondary colors, move this concept into other areas. Make pictures by drawing with one color crayon or markers over another color. * Try blot/squash painting with two primary colors.Food: Try mixing frostings of different primary colors to frost cookies with secondary colors.
