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, a pixel with all its lights turned off looks… (a) grey (b) yellow (c) black (d) white
- 2.On a screen, which lights mix to make magenta? (a) green and blue (b) red and green (c) red and blue (d) green and red
- 3.True or false: “needs light to be seen” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
- 4.💡 On a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) white (c) magenta (d) cyan
- 5.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and green light makes cyan. (a) False (b) True
- 6.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and red light makes which colour? (a) white (b) cyan (c) yellow (d) magenta
- 7.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and blue light makes magenta. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🖥️🎨 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
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) uses red, green, blue (c) glows with its own light (d) needs light to be seen
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make brown (b) glows with its own light (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) uses red, green, blue
- 11.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) needs light to be seen (b) glows with its own light (c) all three make white (d) uses red, green, blue
- 12.True or false: “uses red, yellow, blue” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) uses red, green, blue (b) glows with its own light (c) uses red, yellow, blue (d) all three make white
- 14.💡 On a screen, mixing green and red light makes which colour? (a) white (b) magenta (c) cyan (d) yellow
- 15.🖥️🎨 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
- 16.💡 On a screen, mixing all three lights light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) magenta (c) white (d) cyan
- 17.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) red and blue (d) all three lights
- 18.🖥️🎨 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
- 19.True or false: “uses red, yellow, blue” is true of light on a screen. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: “uses red, green, blue” is true of paint on paper. (a) True (b) False
- 21.💡 On a screen, mixing red and green light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) yellow (c) white (d) magenta
- 22.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and red light makes cyan. (a) True (b) False
- 23.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) green and red (b) red, green and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and green
- 24.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and green light makes white. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “mixing makes it darker”? (a) paint on paper (b) light on a screen
- 27.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) green and blue (b) green and red (c) red, green and blue (d) all three lights
- 28.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) needs light to be seen (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) all three make brown
- 29.On a screen, which lights mix to make magenta? (a) all three lights (b) green and red (c) red, green and blue (d) blue and red
- 30.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) all three make white (c) all three make brown (d) uses red, green, blue
- 31.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) green and blue (b) red, green and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and green
- 32.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and green light makes which colour? (a) white (b) magenta (c) yellow (d) cyan
- 33.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) all three make brown (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) uses red, green, blue (d) needs light to be seen
- 34.💡 On a screen, mixing red and blue light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) magenta (c) yellow (d) white
- 35.True or false: “all three make white” is true of paint on paper. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: on a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes magenta. (a) True (b) False
- 37.💡 On a screen, mixing green and blue light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) white (c) cyan (d) magenta
- 38.True or false: “uses red, green, blue” is true of light on a screen. (a) False (b) True
- 39.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) all three make white
- 40.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) red and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) green and red
Answer key
- black
- red and blue
- True
- white
- False
- magenta
- True
- light on a screen
- needs light to be seen
- all three make brown
- needs light to be seen
- True
- uses red, yellow, blue
- yellow
- paint on paper
- white
- all three lights
- light on a screen
- False
- False
- yellow
- False
- red, green and blue
- False
- False
- paint on paper
- green and blue
- mixing makes it lighter
- blue and red
- all three make brown
- red and green
- cyan
- uses red, green, blue
- magenta
- False
- False
- cyan
- True
- all three make white
- blue and green
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