Screen Colours vs Paint Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 22: Screen colours vs paint colours · Set 405 · 40 questions

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.

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

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