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Mixing Colours: Red and Yellow Make?

Red and yellow, blue and yellow, red and blue. Three pairs, three answers, and no words needed.

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What it teaches

That colours are made from other colours, and which ones. Red, yellow and blue make every other colour on the palette, and that is genuinely surprising the first time.

It is also a child's first experiment with a rule they can test themselves, with paint, five minutes later.

How it works

Two colours are shown as colour โ€” not as the words for them โ€” and the answers are colours too. A colour name is not a colour, and a child who is still learning the words should not be blocked by them.

Three levels change the round length and the number of answers offered.

What to look for

Do it with real paint afterwards. The screen is a rehearsal; the mess is the lesson, and a child who has mixed brown by accident will never forget what happens when all three go in.

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