Any suggestions on how to teach color value such as light and dark.?

Question

I found that it is easy to teach, a child to identify color, but more difficult to have them articulate or demonstrate the understanding of a color's value, such as pal blue, dark green etc. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

pictures show kids pictures and draw them its easier when its fun

Answer 2

I let my students experiment with painting - changing the value of the colors. I have them mix blue with black and white and comment on what happens. "When you mixed the blue with white, it made light blue". That way they have a concrete idea of what you mean by "light" or "dark", and they also play an active role.