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