Chapter Graphic
 : Mixing Colour
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Approach: Station Level: Year 4
Focus: Using the primary colours plus black and white, investigate and report on paint mixtures needed to generate four specified new colours and shades.
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Resources: Mixing paper, water in cup, 5 tubes of paint, sponge, brush.

Questions / instructions:
Note: Students should be supplied with a damp sponge in the plastic cup.
Do not provide the student with water – YOU keep the water to clean the brush etc., when necessary.

Sometimes people mix colours to make other colours.
You have 5 colours of paints.
You are going to try to make 4 new colours.
You need to think about which paints to mix together for each colour.

% responses
y4
1. Try to make the colours named in the circles.
    Mix paints in the circles on your mixing paper.
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2. On the answer sheet write down the names of the colours you mixed together to make the colours in the cans.
to make green: blue and yellow only
76
to make orange: red and yellow only
80
to make pink: red and white only
88
to make dark blue: blue and black only
59
Commentary:
More than three quarters of the year 4 students succeeded with the first three colour blends. Dark blue proved more challenging.
 
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