[Jens] has just the thing. He built a color-mixing toy that looks great and we’d bet you have everything on-hand necessary to build your own version. The body of the toy is an old router case.

For fun, they may begin to experiment by mixing all the paint colors or just one or two together. If you have a curious child or want to remember from art class, try using this simple color mixing ...

Mixbox is a practical library for paint-like color mixing Treats colors as pigments using Kubelka & Munk Packed in a simple RGB-in, RGB-out interface Available in C++, Python, GLSL and more I ...

It takes a little creative interpretation to make this look good, but the use of color mixing really makes a difference. See for yourself in the demo after the break.