Paint vs Light: Color Mixing

Red and green paint make brown. Red and green light make yellow! Color Mixing Play lets you mix the same two colors as paint and as light, side by side, and see how differently they turn out. You can also pour colored water, mix paint and overlap colored lights. ■ Compare – paint vs light The top half is paper with paint, the bottom half is a dark wall with light. Drag two circles together and they move in both halves at once. Where they overlap you see the paint color and the light color together, with a "Same!" or "Different!" stamp, and both names are read aloud. • Red, yellow, green, blue and white: 10 pairs to try • Paint gets darker as you mix it, light gets brighter • Red and yellow make orange both ways. Can you find the other pair that matches? ■ Lab – colored water Drag a bottle over the glass and pour. The colors swirl together in a real-time liquid animation, and the name of…