Screen Colours vs Paint Colours Worksheet
Artist's tip (Light adds, paint darkens): On a screen (light): red + green = yellow, green + blue = cyan, red + blue = magenta, all three = white. With paint: red + yellow = orange, blue + yellow = green, red + blue = purple, all three = brown. Light gets lighter as you mix; paint gets darker. Screen primaries: red, green, blue; paint primaries: red, yellow, blue.
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- 1.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “uses red, green, blue”? (a) paint on paper (b) light on a screen
- 2.💡 On a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) cyan (c) white (d) magenta
- 3.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “uses red, yellow, blue”? (a) light on a screen (b) paint on paper
- 4.💡 On a screen, what are the three primary colours of light? (a) red, green, blue (b) orange, green, purple (c) black, white, grey (d) red, yellow, blue
- 5.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) all three make brown (d) uses red, green, blue
- 6.🎨 With paint, what are the three primary colours? (a) orange, green, purple (b) red, yellow, blue (c) black, white, grey (d) red, green, blue
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) needs light to be seen (b) mixing makes it darker (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) uses red, yellow, blue
- 8.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and green light makes yellow. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make white (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) uses red, yellow, blue (d) uses red, green, blue
- 10.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “all three make white”? (a) paint on paper (b) light on a screen
- 11.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) mixing makes it darker (c) all three make white (d) all three make brown
- 12.True or false: on a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes white. (a) False (b) True
- 13.💡 On a screen, mixing all three lights light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) white (c) yellow (d) magenta
- 14.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) blue and red (b) all three lights (c) blue and green (d) red and green
- 15.True or false: “uses red, green, blue” is true of light on a screen. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) all three make brown (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) mixing makes it darker (d) mixing makes it lighter
- 17.🎨 With paint, which primary colour is NOT a screen (light) primary? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
- 18.On a screen, which lights mix to make magenta? (a) blue and red (b) red and green (c) green and blue (d) green and red
- 19.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and red light makes cyan. (a) False (b) True
- 20.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) red, green and blue (b) green and red (c) all three lights (d) green and blue
- 21.💡 On a screen, mixing red and blue light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) yellow (c) magenta (d) white
- 22.True or false: “all three make brown” is true of light on a screen. (a) False (b) True
- 23.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and red light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) magenta (c) white (d) cyan
- 24.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “mixing makes it darker”? (a) light on a screen (b) paint on paper
- 25.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) all three make white (b) uses red, green, blue (c) mixing makes it darker (d) mixing makes it lighter
- 26.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) glows with its own light (b) mixing makes it darker (c) needs light to be seen (d) uses red, yellow, blue
- 27.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) red and green (b) all three lights (c) blue and red (d) green and blue
- 28.True or false: on a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes cyan. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “glows with its own light”? (a) light on a screen (b) paint on paper
- 30.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) glows with its own light (b) uses red, green, blue (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) needs light to be seen
- 31.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and green light makes cyan. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “needs light to be seen”? (a) paint on paper (b) light on a screen
- 33.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “all three make brown”? (a) light on a screen (b) paint on paper
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make white (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) uses red, green, blue (d) needs light to be seen
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glows with its own light (b) all three make white (c) all three make brown (d) mixing makes it lighter
- 37.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “mixing makes it lighter”? (a) paint on paper (b) light on a screen
- 38.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and red light makes yellow. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
- 40.💡 On a screen, mixing red and green light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) white (c) magenta (d) cyan
Answer key
- light on a screen
- white
- paint on paper
- red, green, blue
- uses red, green, blue
- red, yellow, blue
- mixing makes it lighter
- True
- uses red, yellow, blue
- light on a screen
- all three make white
- True
- white
- blue and green
- True
- mixing makes it lighter
- yellow
- blue and red
- False
- green and blue
- magenta
- False
- magenta
- paint on paper
- mixing makes it darker
- glows with its own light
- all three lights
- False
- light on a screen
- needs light to be seen
- False
- paint on paper
- False
- paint on paper
- needs light to be seen
- all three make brown
- light on a screen
- False
- True
- yellow
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