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: “glows with its own light”? (a) paint on paper (b) light on a screen
- 2.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “uses red, yellow, blue”? (a) light on a screen (b) paint on paper
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) uses red, green, blue (b) mixing makes it darker (c) all three make white (d) glows with its own light
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) uses red, green, blue (d) all three make brown
- 5.True or false: on a screen, mixing all three lights light makes yellow. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) needs light to be seen (b) all three make brown (c) glows with its own light (d) mixing makes it darker
- 7.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) blue and green (b) red, green and blue (c) blue and red (d) green and red
- 8.True or false: “needs light to be seen” is true of paint on paper. (a) True (b) False
- 9.💡 On a screen, a pixel with all its lights turned off looks… (a) white (b) grey (c) black (d) yellow
- 10.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) red and green (b) all three lights (c) green and red (d) red and blue
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make white (b) needs light to be seen (c) all three make brown (d) mixing makes it darker
- 12.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) needs light to be seen (d) all three make brown
- 13.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) blue and red (b) all three lights (c) green and red (d) blue and green
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) uses red, green, blue (b) all three make white (c) all three make brown (d) mixing makes it lighter
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glows with its own light (b) all three make white (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) needs light to be seen
- 16.🖥️🎨 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
- 17.🖥️🎨 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
- 18.💡 On a screen, what are the three primary colours of light? (a) black, white, grey (b) orange, green, purple (c) red, green, blue (d) red, yellow, blue
- 19.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) all three make white (b) glows with its own light (c) needs light to be seen (d) uses red, green, blue
- 20.🎨 With paint, what are the three primary colours? (a) orange, green, purple (b) red, green, blue (c) black, white, grey (d) red, yellow, blue
- 21.🖥️🎨 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
- 22.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) red and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and green
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make white (b) uses red, green, blue (c) uses red, yellow, blue (d) mixing makes it lighter
- 24.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and red light makes yellow. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “all three make brown” is true of paint on paper. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) needs light to be seen (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) uses red, green, blue (d) all three make brown
- 27.True or false: “glows with its own light” is true of paint on paper. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and blue light makes magenta. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) glows with its own light (b) uses red, green, blue (c) mixing makes it darker (d) mixing makes it lighter
- 30.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and red light makes cyan. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🖥️🎨 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
- 32.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
- 33.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and blue light makes magenta. (a) True (b) False
- 34.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and red light makes which colour? (a) white (b) yellow (c) magenta (d) cyan
- 35.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and blue light makes yellow. (a) True (b) False
- 36.💡 On a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) white (c) yellow (d) magenta
- 37.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and green light makes white. (a) False (b) True
- 38.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and green light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) yellow (c) magenta (d) white
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make brown (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) uses red, yellow, blue (d) mixing makes it darker
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) all three make brown (c) needs light to be seen (d) glows with its own light
Answer key
- light on a screen
- paint on paper
- mixing makes it darker
- uses red, green, blue
- False
- glows with its own light
- red, green and blue
- True
- black
- all three lights
- all three make white
- mixing makes it lighter
- blue and green
- all three make brown
- needs light to be seen
- light on a screen
- paint on paper
- red, green, blue
- needs light to be seen
- red, yellow, blue
- light on a screen
- green and red
- uses red, yellow, blue
- True
- True
- uses red, green, blue
- False
- True
- mixing makes it darker
- False
- light on a screen
- green and blue
- False
- magenta
- False
- white
- False
- cyan
- mixing makes it lighter
- glows with its own light
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