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