You probably remember your basic art skills- combining primary (red, yellow, blue) colors produce the secondary (orange, green, purple) colors. And if you combine further, you can produce a whole spectrum of shades and hues.
Certainly many children’s books and television shows discuss or demonstrate this art fact.
But the best way to learn is to dive right into it– discover for yourself!
Bluey learned how colors combine when working on a recent painting project. And you can recreate this scenario quite easily.
He was painting a small wooden sailboat and given only the three Primary colors. In addition, we gave him a small palette (aka plastic container lid) to dab out extra paint. Sure enough, he mixed two colors on top of each other and discovered that they combine to make orange. 
This lead to a whole series of experiments about color mixing, and he learned color facts in a way that no TV or book could ever show him.
So next time you have a small project to paint- don’t get out the whole paint set. Just provide the primary colors and let your young artist discover the color wheel!