Fun Facts About Color

The Science of Color

Our eyes and brains work together to translate light into color! Light receptors within the eye transmit messages to the brain, which produces the familiar sensations of color. The surface of an object reflects some colors and absorbs all the others; so what we’re seeing is the reflected colors.

Color Families

If you could hold a color, what would it feel like? Warm Colors are colors that would feel warm - these are red, orange, and yellow. Cool Colors are colors that would feel cool if you could touch them - these are violet, blue, and green.

Primary Colors

Primary colors make every color! These colors are Red, Blue, and Yellow.

Secondary Colors

The primary colors make these colors! Secondary colors are purple, green, and orange

Did you know that Sir Issac Newton invented the color wheel? In his experiments with light and prisms, he noticed six main colors in order!

Color Scavenger Hunt See if you can find them all!