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