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