Mixing secondary colours: summer purples
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can mix purple and blend it into tints and shades
Key learning points
- We are able to mix a range of purples using primary colours.
- Artists can mix colours on paper using blending.
- We can add white to make tints of colour, making a colour lighter.
- We can add black to make shades of colour, making a colour darker.
Keywords
Purple - a secondary colour, made by mixing blue and red
Blend - using a brush to gently mix colours on paper
Tint - adding white to a colour to make it lighter
Shade - adding black to a colour to make it darker
Common misconception
Paint can only be mixed in a paint palette.
Paint can be mixed in a paint palette, but it can also be mixed on paper to create a blend.
Teacher tip
Pupils can sometimes find mixing purple challenging. Encourage pupils to mix the paint really well with their brushes, and experiment by adding different amounts of blue and red.
Equipment
Sketchbooks or A3 paper, poster paint in red, blue, white and black, brushes, water pots.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.True or false? A hue is a particular shade or tint of a colour.
Q2.Which of the following tools can be used to paint with?
Q3.A __________ is used to build up layers of colour.
Q4.This colour is a __________ colour.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What do we add to a colour to lighten it?
Q2.When we add black to a colour, we make ...
Q3.Which two colours are mixed together to make purple?
Q4.What does blending mean?
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