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