Color is the most effective way to express emotions in a picture, and different colors have different emotions. In order to improve the ability of primary school students to use colors and convey emotions, this article focuses on the analysis of color emotional expression strategies in primary school art creation and conducts a series of analyses and research on color approaches. The results indicate that adopting specific strategies can not only ignite the creative interest of primary school students, but also accurately convey their inner feelings through color, thereby greatly improving students' ability to perceive and express color emotions.