Screen Colours vs Paint Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 22: Screen colours vs paint colours · Set 676 · 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.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and green light makes white. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and blue light makes yellow. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.💡 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
5. 5.💡 On a screen, which primary colour of light is NOT a paint primary? (a) green (b) red (c) blue
6. 6.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and green light makes white. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make white (b) all three make brown (c) uses red, yellow, blue (d) mixing makes it darker
8. 8.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) needs light to be seen (d) uses red, yellow, blue
9. 9.💡 On a screen, a pixel with all its lights turned off looks… (a) white (b) black (c) grey (d) yellow
10. 10.True or false: on a screen, mixing all three lights light makes white. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) glows with its own light (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) uses red, green, blue
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) mixing makes it darker (c) all three make white (d) uses red, green, blue
13. 13.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and red light makes magenta. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make brown (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) glows with its own light (d) uses red, green, blue
15. 15.🎨 With paint, what are the three primary colours? (a) orange, green, purple (b) red, green, blue (c) red, yellow, blue (d) black, white, grey
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make white (b) uses red, green, blue (c) uses red, yellow, blue (d) mixing makes it lighter
17. 17.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) red and blue (b) red, green and blue (c) green and blue (d) blue and red
18. 18.💡 On a screen, mixing red and blue light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) magenta (c) white (d) cyan
19. 19.True or false: “uses red, green, blue” is true of paint on paper. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) all three make brown (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) glows with its own light (d) all three make white
21. 21.True or false: “uses red, yellow, blue” is true of paint on paper. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🖥️🎨 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
23. 23.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) all three make white (b) needs light to be seen (c) all three make brown (d) mixing makes it darker
24. 24.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and red light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) yellow (c) white (d) magenta
25. 25.True or false: “needs light to be seen” is true of paint on paper. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and blue light makes cyan. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) mixing makes it darker (c) all three make brown (d) uses red, yellow, blue
28. 28.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of light on a screen. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: on a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes yellow. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🖥️🎨 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
31. 31.💡 On a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes which colour? (a) magenta (b) white (c) cyan (d) yellow
32. 32.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and red light makes yellow. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) mixing makes it darker (c) needs light to be seen (d) uses red, green, blue
34. 34.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) all three make brown (d) uses red, green, blue
35. 35.💡 On a screen, mixing green and red light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) white (c) yellow (d) magenta
36. 36.True or false: on a screen, mixing all three lights light makes cyan. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) all three lights (d) blue and red
38. 38.🎨 With paint, which primary colour is NOT a screen (light) primary? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
39. 39.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and green light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) magenta (c) white (d) cyan
40. 40.🖥️🎨 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

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