Brown is a common color found in nature. Brainstorm a list of all the natural items that are brown with your children or students. Why do you think so many animals are brown?

Butterflies are often thought to be colorful, but recently I’ve come across some brown butterflies. What clues let me know that it’s not a moth?

During my watercolor lessons, I learned how to mix brown using complementary colors, colors that are across from each other on the color wheel. Examples are purple and yellow, orange and blue, as well as red and green. Your browns will vary depending upon whether you are using warm or cool varieties of the complementary colors. What a fun color mixing activity that may be a new challenge for your children or students.

We can’t discuss the color brown without including chocolate! What do you know about chocolate? Go here to view full screen.