Learning to mix color can be tricky at times and for our practice we used simple sculpey clay and the Faber Birren Triangle.
My sculpey colors where white, black and red. I started with the tints side of the triangle and using half white and half red I created the clean tint; Then with one step to the right, I created a more pink/white color and a step to the left I created a color close to pure red. This same process occurred when going from white to gray to black, and from black to a rich shade then the pure color and again when going from the three corners towards the mellow tone in the middle. This activity was very hands on and made the demonstration of mixing colors not only fun, but educational. It also did not come with all the mess of painting, which makes it a great way to teach color mixing to children!
My sculpey colors where white, black and red. I started with the tints side of the triangle and using half white and half red I created the clean tint; Then with one step to the right, I created a more pink/white color and a step to the left I created a color close to pure red. This same process occurred when going from white to gray to black, and from black to a rich shade then the pure color and again when going from the three corners towards the mellow tone in the middle. This activity was very hands on and made the demonstration of mixing colors not only fun, but educational. It also did not come with all the mess of painting, which makes it a great way to teach color mixing to children!