Meet the color wheel and mix secondary colors, tints and gray.
Color Wheel Fun teaches second graders the color wheel: three primary colors make three secondary colors. Kids add white to make tints like pink, and mix black and white to make gray in an interactive paint lab.
Art & Creativity course · Grade 2
Color Wheel Fun · Learning goals
Learn the color wheel: three primary colors make three secondary colors. Add white to make tints like pink, and mix black and white to make gray.
Why it matters
The color wheel is the map artists use to choose and mix colors.
Learning to lighten and darken colors gives kids more control in their art.
Kids start choosing colors on purpose, not by chance.
Inside Color Wheel Fun
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 5 steps.
Step 2 · Mix paint colors
Mix secondary colors, tints and gray.
Step 3 · Quiz
4 questions to check what stuck.
Lesson preview
This is the real lesson text your child hears, read aloud by a friendly voice.
The color wheel is like a rainbow in a circle. It shows how colors are friends.
Red, yellow and blue are the primary colors. We can't mix them from other colors.
Mix two primaries to make a secondary color: orange, green or purple.
Add white to a color to make a lighter tint. Red and white make pink!
Black and white mix into gray, the color of clouds on a rainy day.
For parents
Learning sticks best when kids use it in real life. Here are simple ideas from this course.
Make a color wheel with paper plates and paint. Add a little white to each color to see the tint.
Practice
Real questions from Color Wheel Fun. Try them with your child, then tap to see the answer.
Question 1
Red, yellow and blue
Question 2
Green
Question 3
Tint
The full course has 4 questions with instant feedback, stars and rewards. Create a free account to play them all.
Color Wheel Fun · Questions from parents
Color Wheel Fun is a grade 2 art & creativity course for kids ages 7–8. That is Year 3 art & creativity in the UK and Year 2 in Australia. It also works well for review in the next grade, or as a challenge for a confident younger learner.
Learn the color wheel: three primary colors make three secondary colors. Add white to make tints like pink, and mix black and white to make gray. Along the way they practice: Color Wheel 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 Wheel Fun is one of the first 2 courses in Grade 2 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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