--- title: "Year 1 Art: Making Secondary Colours" url: "https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-01-06-year-1-art-making-secondary-colours" school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy" --- We are holding a number of open days for children due to start primary school in September 2027. Please see our admissions page for further details. Everyone welcome! # Year 1 Art: Making Secondary Colours ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/6E2CA251-8F34-46C4-BB74-A616BBA70FA0.jpeg) 6 January 2026 As part of our class discussion, we understood that colour is everywhere around us. Artists use colour to make their work stand out, look realistic and appeal to an audience. The children learnt that there are three primary colours: red, yellow and blue. We can make other colours by mixing these three colours together. The children found that red and yellow makes orange, blue and yellow makes green and red and blue makes purple, which are secondary colours. They had lots of fun mixing the paints to reveal what colour they would make. ![](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/6E2CA251-8F34-46C4-BB74-A616BBA70FA0.jpeg) [Year 1](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/year-1) [Art and Design](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/art-and-design) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_2204.png)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-01-05-year-5-science) Previous ### [Year 5 - Science](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-01-05-year-5-science) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_2531.jpg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-01-07-year-2-music-creating-and-performing-bass-lines) Next ### [Year 2 - Music - Creating and performing bass lines](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-01-07-year-2-music-creating-and-performing-bass-lines) ### Personal Development - [News](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/events) - [Photo Gallery](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-gallery-category/our-gallery) - [Calendar](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/calendar) - [School Council](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Fundraising](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/fundraising) - [Extra Curricular Clubs](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/clubs) - [Little Leaders](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/little-leaders) - [Visits and Visitors](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/visits-and-visitors) - [British Values](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/british-values) - [Protected Characteristics](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/protected-characteristics) ##### Location Knowlesly Road Darwen Lancashire BB3 2JA ##### Contact Us 01254 702996 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stbarnabasce/) - [X](https://twitter.com/stbarnabasce) © Copyright 2021–2026 St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)