Meet red, yellow and blue, and mix new colors!
Color Explorers teaches first graders the three primary colors, red, yellow and blue, and how to mix them into orange, green and purple in a fun on-screen paint-mixing lab. A colorful first art lesson with a read-aloud voice.
Art & Creativity course · Grade 1
Color Explorers · Learning goals
Learn the three primary colors and mix them to make orange, green and purple in a fun paint-mixing lab.
Why it matters
Primary and secondary colors are the foundation of every art lesson that follows.
Mixing paints shows kids that combining things creates something new, a science idea too.
Knowing how to make colors gives kids more freedom in their own drawings.
Inside Color Explorers
A short read-aloud lesson first, then hands-on games and a quiz to lock it in.
Step 1 · Lesson
A short read-aloud lesson in 4 steps.
Step 2 · Mix paint colors
Mix paints to make new colors!
Step 3 · Quiz
4 questions to check what stuck.
Step 4 · Bonus
Color the happy fish with your favorite colors!
Lesson preview
This is the real lesson text your child hears, read aloud by a friendly voice.
Red, yellow and blue are the primary colors. They are the first colors!
Mix two primary colors to make a new color. Red and yellow make orange!
Yellow and blue make green.
Red and blue make purple.
For parents
Learning sticks best when kids use it in real life. Here are simple ideas from this course.
Put a few drops of red, yellow and blue paint or food coloring on a plate. Let your child mix pairs and name the new colors.
Practice
Real questions from Color Explorers. Try them with your child, then tap to see the answer.
Question 1
Red
Question 2
Orange
Question 3
Green
The full course has 4 questions with instant feedback, stars and rewards. Create a free account to play them all.
Color Explorers · Questions from parents
Color Explorers is a grade 1 art & creativity course for kids ages 6–7. That is Year 2 art & creativity in the UK and Year 1 in Australia. It also works well for review in the next grade, or as a challenge for a confident younger learner.
Learn the three primary colors and mix them to make orange, green and purple in a fun paint-mixing lab. Along the way they practice: Color Mixing Lab.
About 15 minutes in total, split into 3 short levels. Most kids finish it over two or three sessions. Progress is saved, so they can stop any time and pick up where they left off.
Yes. Color Explorers is one of the first 2 courses in Grade 1 Art & Creativity. Create a free parent account and your child can start right away.
No. Every lesson has a friendly read-aloud voice, questions are read aloud too, and the pictures help kids follow along. Confident readers can turn the voice off.
Yes. SkillBloom is built for homeschooling families. Kids work through lessons, games and quizzes on their own, and the parent dashboard shows what they finished and which skills need more practice. It works on phones, tablets and laptops.
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