Traditional Chinese opera culture boasts a long history, with the art of facial makeup employing distinctive symbolic language and a vibrant color system to express ethnic aesthetics. Introducing this ancient art form into early childhood education aims to explore a new approach that integrates cultural heritage with foundational cognitive development, providing children with an intuitive and vivid way to learn about colors and invigorating the vitality of traditional culture in contemporary times. To significantly enhance children's color recognition abilities, this study conducts a series of analyses focusing on simplified painted facial makeup and color cognition methods for young children. The findings indicate that strategies such as simplifying facial makeup design language, using concrete color theory knowledge, and integrating modern communication mediums can not only effectively preserve opera culture but also serve as a crucial vehicle for fostering children's color cognition, thereby promoting the synergistic development of cultural enlightenment and cognitive abilities.