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.💡 On a screen, mixing all three lights light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) magenta (c) white (d) cyan
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) needs light to be seen (c) glows with its own light (d) all three make brown
- 3.🖥️🎨 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
- 4.🔍 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
- 5.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of light on a screen. (a) False (b) True
- 6.💡 On a screen, mixing green and blue light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) cyan (c) magenta (d) white
- 7.💡 On a screen, mixing red and green light makes which colour? (a) magenta (b) white (c) yellow (d) cyan
- 8.🎨 With paint, what are the three primary colours? (a) orange, green, purple (b) red, yellow, blue (c) black, white, grey (d) red, green, blue
- 9.True or false: “uses red, yellow, blue” is true of light on a screen. (a) False (b) True
- 10.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and red light makes which colour? (a) white (b) cyan (c) magenta (d) yellow
- 11.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) red, green and blue (b) green and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and green
- 12.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and green light makes white. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🖥️🎨 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
- 14.💡 On a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) cyan (c) magenta (d) white
- 15.🖥️🎨 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
- 16.💡 On a screen, mixing green and red light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) magenta (c) white (d) cyan
- 17.💡 On a screen, a pixel with all its lights turned off looks… (a) yellow (b) white (c) grey (d) black
- 18.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) all three make white (c) uses red, green, blue (d) all three make brown
- 19.🖥️🎨 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
- 20.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and green light makes which colour? (a) white (b) magenta (c) yellow (d) cyan
- 21.🖥️🎨 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
- 22.True or false: on a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes white. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: on a screen, mixing all three lights light makes white. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “all three make brown” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: “all three make white” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and blue light makes magenta. (a) False (b) True
- 27.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) green and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and green (d) all three lights
- 28.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) uses red, green, blue (b) all three make white (c) mixing makes it darker (d) mixing makes it lighter
- 29.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) all three make white (b) uses red, green, blue (c) uses red, yellow, blue (d) glows with its own light
- 30.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and green light makes yellow. (a) False (b) True
- 31.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) green and red (b) red and blue (c) red, green and blue (d) blue and green
- 32.True or false: “all three make white” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: on a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes yellow. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glows with its own light (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) all three make white (d) mixing makes it darker
- 35.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) red and blue (d) green and blue
- 36.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) all three make white (c) glows with its own light (d) needs light to be seen
- 37.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and red light makes cyan. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🖥️🎨 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
- 39.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
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make brown (b) mixing makes it darker (c) needs light to be seen (d) mixing makes it lighter
Answer key
- white
- glows with its own light
- light on a screen
- all three make brown
- True
- cyan
- yellow
- red, yellow, blue
- False
- magenta
- red, green and blue
- False
- light on a screen
- white
- light on a screen
- yellow
- black
- all three make brown
- paint on paper
- cyan
- light on a screen
- True
- True
- False
- True
- True
- all three lights
- mixing makes it darker
- uses red, yellow, blue
- True
- green and red
- False
- False
- mixing makes it darker
- green and blue
- needs light to be seen
- False
- paint on paper
- mixing makes it lighter
- mixing makes it lighter
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