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