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