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