Color Wheel Mixing We’re going to paint a color wheel using only 3 colors of paint: Red, Yellow, and Blue Color Wheel Mixing We’re going to paint a color wheel using only 3 colors of paint: Red, Yellow, and Blue Color Wheel Mixing 1. Trace two triangle shapes onto your paper… one overlapping the other. This will create the “color wheel”. 2. Divide the rest of the paper into big shapes using a ruler and a pencil. 3. Paint the three primary colors into their spots on the color wheel. 4. Mix the primary colors to paint the secondary colors into their spots on the color wheel. 5. Paint the rest of the background by mixing colors. 6. Paint black lines and patterns.