Red, Yellow and Blue Food Coloring

Paper Towels

Water

Science: Color MixingMaterials Needed:

6 Glass Cups or Jars

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Instructions:

Fill 3 Cups with Water

Add several drops of Red food coloring into one of the cups of water

Add several drops of Yellow food coloring into another of the cups of

water

Add several drops of Blue food coloring into the final cup of water.

Position the cups in a circle as follows: Red, Empty, Yellow, Empty, Blue,

Empty

Roll up a paper towel into long 1" wide, squeeze to keep it together.

Create 6 pieces like this.

Place one end of a rolled paper towel into the red cup with the other end

in the empty cup. Then place one end in the Yellow cup and the other

end in the empty cup between red and yellow. Place a paper towel from

the yellow into the empty cup by blue. Place a paper towel from the blue

to the empty cup by red. Place a paper towel from the red to the empty

cup by blue. Each empty cup should have two paper towels in it, one

from each side.

Now watch, after several minutes the colors will move into the empty cups

creating a mix.

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If doing this experiment with kids 7 or older, have 6 additional dishes and a

Tablespoon for measuring. See the last page for remaining instructions.

Color in the Cups

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For older students

Take 6 additional glass cups. Follow the instructions and color inyour results

Cup 1

Mix 1 TBS Red with1 TBS Orange

Cup 2

Mix 1 TBS Red with1 TBS Purple

Cup 3

Mix 1 TBS Yellowwith 1 TBS Orange

Cup 4

Mix 1 TBS Yellowwith 1 TBS Green

Cup 5

Mix 1 TBS Blue with1 TBS Purple

Cup 6

Mix 1 TBS Blue with1 TBS Green

These are the tertiary colors!