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