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