Screen Colours vs Paint Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 22: Screen colours vs paint colours · Set 64 · 40 questions

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.

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

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