Children’s Museum Houston

Classroom Curriculum

Colors of Light

Red, blue and yellow! We know these as primary colors. But did you know light's primary colors are different? Follow along as Mr. O explains how magenta, yellow and cyan make the three primary colors of light and of pigments.

Mr. O’s “O Wow Moments” help you to become an scientist at home with hands-on, minds-on experiments and demos! Watch Mr. O every Saturday morning during the 7 a.m. news on Houston's KPRC Local 2 to see a new science demo you can try at home. Share your experiments with us on Facebook and Instagram!