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title: "Exploring mixing colours in Reception"
url: "https://www.st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2024-09-19-17-52-00-exploring-mixing-colours-in-reception"
school: "St Bridget's Catholic Primary School"
---

# Exploring mixing colours in Reception

  ![Image of Exploring mixing colours in Reception ](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/blog/IMG_7874.jpeg)  19 September 2024   [Mrs Palmer](https://www.st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/author/npalmer)   [Reception](https://www.st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/category/reception)

Our Reception children have been exploring colours this week and learning how to make new ones. They chose two colours and mixed them together to make another colour. We also learnt how to wash our brushes too after painting with one colour and before choosing another one.

### Mixing colours in Reception

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