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