At our nursery we have been exploring colour mixing, and the children really enjoy the 'magic' of producing new colours from the primary colours.
Many of the younger children have never seen two colours turn into another one before, and the older children enjoy experimenting with different shades and mediums, such as food colourings. Colour mixing is a great way to give children a good art base, and they love it.
Some of the activities that we have done are:
* Table-top colours. Put large blobs of red and blue liquid paint on a table top and add a generous squirt of washing-up liquid (this makes it easier to wash the paint from the children's hands). Encourage the children to blend the colours together to create purple. If you wish, make a print of the designs created by the children's fingers on the table top by laying a piece of paper over the table, pressing it down and lifting it off. The four in the picture (left) got a little carried away!
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