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