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Colours
| Colours | Below are the colours that appear in the rainbow |
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Sentences using colours:
Mary wore her RED dress to the party.
The fish swam in the cool BLUE river.
Bobby likes to eat GREEN apples.
Niamh has beautiful BLACK hair.
The sun is YELLOW.
More sentences with colours:
Robbie has a beautiful BLACK puppy.
Mum’s favourite flowers are RED roses but I like YELLOW daffodils.
My new BLUE school bag is lovely.
GREEN grapes are sweeter than PURPLE ones.
What are primary colours?
These are colours that cannot be made by mixing other colours together. They are – RED, BLUE and YELLOW
What is a secondary colour?
If you mix two primary colours together, you make a secondary colour as follows:
- Mix red and blue to make PURPLE
- Mix blue and yellow to make GREEN
- Mix yellow and red to make ORANGE
What is a tertiary colour?
Tertiary colours are neutral colours such as BROWN and GREY.
- Mixing three primary colours together, you create a tertiary colour or if you mix a primary colour and a secondary colour you also create a tertiary colour.
Black and White
Black adds shadow to a colour, i.e. makes the colour darker:
- Add black to LIGHT BLUE to make DARK BLUE
- Adding white makes a colour lighter:
- Add white to RED to make PINK.