Demo1st Grade3–5 minMeeting 7

RGB Light Color Mixing

Red+green, green+blue, and all three produce new light colors including white.

Teaching & key ideas

What you do: Overlap colored beams in different combinations. What students see: Red+green, green+blue, and all three produce new light colors including white. Why it works: Light colors add together differently from paint colors. Question to ask: What color appears when all three overlap?

Lesson flow

Predict → demonstrate → observe → briefly explain → ask: What color appears when all three overlap?