Screen Colours vs Paint Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 22: Screen colours vs paint colours · Set 238 · 40 questions

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.

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

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