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