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Grade: 2
Color Science • Chromatic Blending
“Place blue and yellow tissue paper together; hold them up so the light will shine through them. What color is made? What colors made it? What are purple, green, and orange called?”
Scientific Rule: A secondary color is made by blending two primary colors together in equal parts.
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The Three Secondary Color Equations
Study how overlapping primary colors blend in sunlight to form new secondary hues:
BLUE (Primary)
blends into GREEN
YELLOW (Primary)
RED (Primary)
blends into PURPLE
BLUE (Primary)
YELLOW (Primary)
blends into ORANGE
RED (Primary)
1. Blue + Yellow: What color is made? ; What colors made it?
2. Yellow + Red: What color is made? ; What colors made it?
3. Red + Blue: What color is made? ; What colors made it?
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Color Mixing Statements in Full Sentences
Write full, beautiful declarative sentences showing how colors combine:
Formula 1: When blue and yellow mix, they make
Formula 2: When yellow and red mix,
Formula 3: When red and blue mix,
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Classification & Artist Application
Answer the grand summary question from the textbook:
Classification: What are purple, green, and orange called? They are called
Artist Challenge: If you want to paint an orange pumpkin, which two primary colors will you mix?
To make orange paint, I will mix