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an activity from Grow in Wonder

Wonder Colors

There are two ways to make a color, and they work in opposite directions. Drag things around and find out for yourself.

Mixing light

Three spotlights in the dark. Drag them on top of each other and watch what happens when they cross.

drag the circles
Red and green make yellow. Nobody believes that until they see it.

Mixing paint

Now three blobs of wet paint on white paper. Same idea, and the exact opposite result.

drag the blobs

The mixing desk

Set the amounts yourself. Light adds up toward white. Paint takes away toward black.

White #FFFFFF

Match the color

Five rounds. Move the sliders until your color looks close to the one on the left, then lock it in. Nobody hits it exactly, that is not the game.

Round 1 of 5
Match this
Yours

Move the sliders, then lock it in