Activities That Can be Done

1. Mix paint to see what happens.

2. Paint pictures with one color only.

3. Cut color from magazines. (Example: Green from grass, trees, or bottles)

4. View the world through various colors of plastic.

5. Place water in a glass container. Put the container on the overhead projector. Add food coloring.

6. Spin a top to see how colors blend.

7. Make a spinning color wheel. Place two holes through a round circle. Put string through the holes. Whirl the color wheel with the string.

8. Place a prism in light and enjoy the colors.

9. Make a spectroscope.

10. Have a color fair. Have one booth for each color. People provide experiences for all of the five senses which relate to the color for their booth.

11. Play a game to see which team can find the most variations of one color such as red.

12. Look at sun coming through the leaves and branches of trees. Note color changes in places where the sun is shining directly or indirectly on objects.

13. Place some oil on water. Note the iridescent colors.

14. Look at the colors on a soap bubble.

15. Look at pictures of rainbows or view real ones when they are available. Note how colors in a rainbow are somewhat like those near them.

16. Turn on a hose and adjust the nozzle so that it produces a very fine spray. Hold it in the sunlight. Observe the rainbow which forms.

17. Show colors. Talk about what colors symbolize or mean to various people. Note how people of various groups or cultures appreciate different colors.

18. Sort markers or crayons by color.

19. Make color charts.

20. List all of the different names which can be found for a particular color group. Artists, business people, gardeners, and other develop specialized names for colors.