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