Screen Colours vs Paint Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 22: Screen colours vs paint colours · Set 655 · 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.🖥️🎨 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
2. 2.💡 On a screen, mixing red and blue light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) yellow (c) magenta (d) white
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) all three make white (c) glows with its own light (d) mixing makes it darker
4. 4.On a screen, which lights mix to make magenta? (a) red and blue (b) red, green and blue (c) red and green (d) all three lights
5. 5.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and green light makes cyan. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) all three make brown (b) all three make white (c) glows with its own light (d) uses red, green, blue
7. 7.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) needs light to be seen (b) glows with its own light (c) all three make white (d) uses red, green, blue
8. 8.True or false: “uses red, yellow, blue” is true of light on a screen. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and green light makes yellow. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.💡 On a screen, a pixel with all its lights turned off looks… (a) white (b) yellow (c) grey (d) black
11. 11.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) red, green and blue (b) red and blue (c) green and blue (d) red and green
12. 12.True or false: “uses red, green, blue” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🖥️🎨 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
14. 14.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) red and green (b) blue and red (c) green and blue (d) red, green and blue
15. 15.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) green and blue (b) green and red (c) red and blue (d) all three lights
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) all three make white (c) needs light to be seen (d) glows with its own light
17. 17.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of paint on paper. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🖥️🎨 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
19. 19.🎨 With paint, what are the three primary colours? (a) black, white, grey (b) red, yellow, blue (c) red, green, blue (d) orange, green, purple
20. 20.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and blue light makes cyan. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “glows with its own light” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and blue light makes yellow. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.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
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) all three make brown (c) needs light to be seen (d) mixing makes it darker
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) needs light to be seen (c) all three make white (d) mixing makes it darker
26. 26.True or false: “needs light to be seen” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.💡 On a screen, which primary colour of light is NOT a paint primary? (a) blue (b) red (c) green
28. 28.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) green and blue (b) red, green and blue (c) red and blue (d) all three lights
29. 29.True or false: “mixing makes it darker” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.💡 On a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) cyan (c) white (d) magenta
31. 31.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) green and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and red (d) red, green and blue
32. 32.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) all three make white (b) mixing makes it darker (c) glows with its own light (d) uses red, green, blue
33. 33.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of light on a screen. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and green light makes magenta. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “uses red, green, blue” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and green light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) white (c) yellow (d) magenta
37. 37.💡 On a screen, mixing green and red light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) white (c) cyan (d) magenta
38. 38.🖥️🎨 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
39. 39.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and green light makes yellow. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.💡 On a screen, mixing red and green light makes which colour? (a) white (b) magenta (c) cyan (d) yellow

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