
TRANSFORMING PRIMARY COLORS INTO SECONDARY COLORS
Clip: 5/5/2023 | 9m 52sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Lia Zuvilivia from Studio in a School transforms primary colors of paint into new colors.
Lia Zuvilivia from Studio in a School guides students as they mix primary colors of paint -- red, blue, and yellow – and transform them into secondary colors.
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TRANSFORMING PRIMARY COLORS INTO SECONDARY COLORS
Clip: 5/5/2023 | 9m 52sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Lia Zuvilivia from Studio in a School guides students as they mix primary colors of paint -- red, blue, and yellow – and transform them into secondary colors.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[upbeat music] - Hello everyone, my name Miss Lia.
And today, we are going to paint with the primary colors and transform them to make new colors.
Let's look what we have on the tray to paint with.
I have a paintbrush.
It have bristles in one side.
Those are the little hair that carry the paint, and it has a handle on the other side to hold it.
What else did you see on the tray?
- Colors.
- A sponge.
- Water, water, water.
- [Lia] Water?
- [Kid] Yeah.
- [Lia] To clean the brush.
- [Kid] Yeah.
- [Lia] Sponge?
- Sponge.
- [Lia] To dry the brush.
- [Kids] To dry the brush.
- [Lia] Do you see?
- Color.
- [Lia] Colors?
- [Lia and Kids] Red, yellow, blue.
- These are the primary colors.
And when you mix it, you can make all the colors.
And paper.
Let's try to see what happen when we mix the colors.
Now, I'm going to hold the paintbrush again.
We hold it with the fingers in one side and the thumb in the other just in the middle, like this.
Can we do it?
Try.
Awesome.
- Awesome.
- I think I'm gonna pick yellow.
I dip it once, wipe, I'm ready to paint?
- [Kid] Yes.
- [Lia] Wow, look at this yellow, can I put more?
- [Kids] Yes.
- Dip it once, wipe, wow.
I love yellow.
Now I want to add some blue.
Should I put in?
- [Kids] No!
- [Lia] I don't want to.
I don't want to put any yellow inside the blue.
I need to clean the brush.
So I have a song, do you want to do it with me?
- [Kid] Yeah.
- [Lia and Kids] One, two, three, stop.
One, two, three, stop!
Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock.
Ready?
- [Kids] Yeah.
- [Lia] Yes, wipe one, two, three.
Now I'm ready for blue.
I'm going to dip it once, wipe.
I'm going to put it around.
I want to, wow.
Look at this blue.
- [Kid] And yellow.
- [Lia] Should I mix it with the yellow?
- [Kids] Yes.
- Yes.
- [Lia] What is going to happen?
- [Kids] Green, green, green.
- [Lia] Green, let's try, ah, it turned green!
- Yes!
- [Lia] Wow, look it turned green.
I want to try something.
I want to add more yellow.
Do you think if I add yellow it's gonna be lighter or darker?
- [Kids] Lighter.
- Lighter, let's try it.
What I need to do with my paintbrush?
- [Kids] Clean it, clean it.
- Clean it, one, two, three, stop!
One, two, three, now I'm ready for more yellow.
Dip it once, wipe.
Let's see.
Yes, it is getting lighter.
- I told you it's getting lighter.
- Do you want to try it?
- [Kids] Yes.
- Awesome, let's do it.
I want to see how you hold the brush.
You going, fingers on one side and the thumb in the other.
Wow, you're doing a good job!
Are you ready to paint?
- Yes, I'm gonna start with the blue.
- [Lia] Okay.
- I'm gonna start with the yellow [whimsical music] - Now time to mix it.
- [Lia] Time to mix it.
Wow, that green is fantastic.
Are we ready for the next one?
- [Kids] Yes!
- Okay, you are going to make yellow and red.
I'm going to dip in the yellow.
Can I try the yellow first again?
Dip it once, wipe, and paint a tiny bit on my paper.
- How about you mix the red?
You have to just clean the brush off, and then mix the red.
And then which color is it gonna make?
- We're gonna find out.
Can you help me with the song?
- Yes.
- To clean your brush?
- Yes.
- [Lia and Kids] One, two, three, stop.
- [Lia] Knock, knock, knock.
It's ready.
- [Lia and Kids] One, two, three.
- [Lia] Now dip it on the red.
First, I'm going to draw the red alone.
Oh, look at this red!
Do you like it?
- [Kids] Yeah.
- Are you ready for me to mix them?
What color it's gonna turn?
- [Kids] Orange!
- Orange.
- [Lia] Orange, whoa!
- [Kid] That's orange.
- [Lia] It is orange.
How did you know that it was gonna turn orange?
- Because red and yellow make orange.
- That is amazing.
- Can I put some more yellow here to see what happens?
I think it's your turn, do you want to try it?
- [Kids] Yeah!
- Look, I'm making red to yellow.
- [Lia] That orange is amazing.
- Thank you.
- Now you're ready.
- Yellow.
- [Lia] You put it whatever you want, ah!
- [Kid] I put to this one.
- Now, it's time for red to make orange.
- It's like a fire.
- Mine is getting more lighter.
- [Lia] You are making dots on top of the yellow?
We're gonna try one more pair of primary color to mix.
Can I start with red?
- [Kids] Yeah.
- Okay.
- If you make red with blue, it will turn to purple.
- Do you think it's going to turn purple?
- [Kids] Yeah.
- [Lia] Really?
- Yeah.
- [Lia] I need to try.
So I'm going to wash my paintbrush.
Now I'm going to add blue, wipe, and I'm going to try here.
Ah, how did you know?
That is gorgeous, look at this purple!
Wow, look at this.
This is amazing.
I'm stretching the color with a tiny bit of water to make it more purple because the colors are really strong.
Do you want to try?
- [Kids] Yes!
- [Lia] Awesome, let's do it.
Now we made green, orange, and purple.
- [Kid] Purple.
- [Lia] These are the secondary colors.
Now I wonder, what do you think will happen if we mix the three primary colors all together?
Red, yellow, and blue.
What color do you think it will turn?
- [Kids] I don't know.
- Do you want to try it?
- Yes.
- [Lia] Okay, now it's your turn.
- I'm just gonna get my paint.
- [Lia] Which color are you gonna pick first?
- [Kid] Am I gonna pick yellow?
Look, now time to do blue, and time to mix it.
- Mine is turning to blue!
- Jay, what color is that?
- [Kid] That's yellow-brown.
- [Kid] I made green because I add blue and green.
- [Lia] I like that color.
- Mine is turned to green!
- [Lia] Do the last touch on your painting because we are done.
Now I wonder, Jay, which one was your favorite color to mix?
- I mixed it red and blue.
And it turned into a special purple that I've made before.
That's like a reddish purple.
- Reddish purple, amazing.
- Ava, I made yellow, red, and orange.
- Now how did you make orange?
- With red and with yellow.
- Fantastic, Daphne, what color did you have?
- I made stripes with blue and then it was green and then it turned to with green maybe look like the ocean?
- Did you have yellow and blue?
- Yeah.
- And what color did they make when they mixed together?
- Green.
- [Lia] Green, fantastic.
- [Lia and Kids] Now it's your turn to mix your own colors!
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