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Science City at Home

Motor Powered Color Mixing Wheel

In this project we will be making a color mixing wheel that uses a DC motor to spin. It will show how mixing different combinations of the 3 primary colors (red, yellow, and blue) yields the 3 secondary colors (green, orange, and purple).

Supplies:

  • Sheet of white paper

  • Plastic cup

  • Cap off of a plastic bottle

  • Cardboard

  • DC motor

  • Battery holder

  • AA battery

  • Two wires with alligator clips on the ends

  • Markers of the 3 primary colors (red, yellow, and blue)

  • Pen

  • Glue stick

  • Hot glue gun

  • Tape

  • Ruler