Do you know the three primary colors? They are red, yellow and blue. All other colors are made by mixing these three colors. What color do you make when you mix yellow and blue? Yellow and red? Red and blue? What colors do we mix to make blue, yellow or red? The answer is none! What makes primary colors so special is that they cannot be created by mixing other colors.
Take a close look at this new work of art on view at the museum: What colors can you find? Do you see any shapes?
The artist Sol LeWitt wrote the directions to create this wall drawing. It was made by many people who used red, yellow and blue markers to draw long lines. They followed the artist’s instructions to create it at the Georgia Museum of Art.
Now it’s your turn to create art with primary colors.
© 2024 The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
For this activity, you will need:
- red, yellow and blue markers or colored pencils
- red, yellow and blue stickers
- cardboard tube, preferably white
To make a primary-color spotter:
- Cover your work surface for easy clean-up.
- Draw red, yellow and blue spots all around the outside of your cardboard tube.
- Place matching stickers over the colored spots. Have your toddler identify and count each color spot as they place their stickers.
- Once finished, have your little artist use their primary color spotter to find objects that are red, yellow and blue. How many can they find inside and outside your home?
