Screen Colours vs Paint Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 22: Screen colours vs paint colours · Set 425 · 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.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and green
2. 2.True or false: “glows with its own light” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🖥️🎨 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glows with its own light (b) all three make white (c) uses red, yellow, blue (d) uses red, green, blue
5. 5.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) glows with its own light (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) uses red, green, blue (d) uses red, yellow, blue
6. 6.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) needs light to be seen (b) all three make white (c) uses red, green, blue (d) mixing makes it lighter
7. 7.💡 On a screen, a pixel with all its lights turned off looks… (a) black (b) white (c) grey (d) yellow
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) all three make brown (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) uses red, yellow, blue
9. 9.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) green and red (b) red and blue (c) green and blue (d) red and green
10. 10.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) all three lights (d) red and blue
11. 11.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) all three lights (b) red, green and blue (c) red and green (d) red and blue
12. 12.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and blue light makes magenta. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and green light makes which colour? (a) white (b) magenta (c) yellow (d) cyan
14. 14.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and red light makes yellow. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of paint on paper. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.On a screen, which lights mix to make magenta? (a) red and green (b) all three lights (c) green and blue (d) red and blue
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) mixing makes it darker (c) uses red, green, blue (d) needs light to be seen
18. 18.True or false: “glows with its own light” is true of light on a screen. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “uses red, green, blue”? (a) paint on paper (b) light on a screen
20. 20.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and blue light makes magenta. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) all three make brown (c) needs light to be seen (d) uses red, green, blue
22. 22.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and red light makes which colour? (a) white (b) yellow (c) cyan (d) magenta
23. 23.💡 On a screen, mixing red and blue light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) cyan (c) white (d) magenta
24. 24.On a screen, which lights mix to make magenta? (a) green and blue (b) green and red (c) red, green and blue (d) blue and red
25. 25.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and red light makes white. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) needs light to be seen (c) all three make white (d) uses red, green, blue
27. 27.🖥️🎨 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
28. 28.True or false: “mixing makes it darker” is true of light on a screen. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 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
30. 30.True or false: “all three make brown” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.💡 On a screen, which primary colour of light is NOT a paint primary? (a) blue (b) red (c) green
32. 32.True or false: “all three make white” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 With paint, what are the three primary colours? (a) red, green, blue (b) orange, green, purple (c) black, white, grey (d) red, yellow, blue
34. 34.💡 On a screen, mixing green and blue light makes which colour? (a) white (b) magenta (c) yellow (d) cyan
35. 35.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) glows with its own light (b) all three make brown (c) uses red, yellow, blue (d) needs light to be seen
36. 36.True or false: “mixing makes it darker” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 With paint, which primary colour is NOT a screen (light) primary? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
38. 38.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and green light makes yellow. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.💡 On a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes which colour? (a) magenta (b) white (c) yellow (d) cyan
40. 40.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and green light makes yellow. (a) False (b) True

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