Screen Colours vs Paint Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 22: Screen colours vs paint colours · Set 68 · 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 red and green light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) magenta (c) yellow (d) white
2. 2.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and green light makes yellow. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🖥️🎨 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glows with its own light (b) needs light to be seen (c) all three make white (d) uses red, green, blue
5. 5.💡 On a screen, a pixel with all its lights turned off looks… (a) grey (b) yellow (c) black (d) white
6. 6.True or false: “uses red, green, blue” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🖥️🎨 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
8. 8.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) needs light to be seen (c) uses red, yellow, blue (d) uses red, green, blue
10. 10.💡 On a screen, which primary colour of light is NOT a paint primary? (a) blue (b) green (c) red
11. 11.🎨 With paint, what are the three primary colours? (a) red, green, blue (b) black, white, grey (c) red, yellow, blue (d) orange, green, purple
12. 12.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
13. 13.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and red light makes yellow. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 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
15. 15.On a screen, which lights mix to make magenta? (a) red and green (b) all three lights (c) blue and green (d) red and blue
16. 16.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) all three make white (c) uses red, green, blue (d) mixing makes it lighter
17. 17.True or false: “uses red, yellow, blue” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “glows with its own light” is true of light on a screen. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “needs light to be seen” is true of paint on paper. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and green light makes cyan. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make brown (b) uses red, green, blue (c) all three make white (d) mixing makes it lighter
22. 22.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) all three lights (b) blue and red (c) red, green and blue (d) green and red
23. 23.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) blue and red (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) green and blue
24. 24.🖥️🎨 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
25. 25.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and green light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) cyan (c) magenta (d) white
26. 26.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “mixing makes it lighter”? (a) light on a screen (b) paint on paper
28. 28.💡 On a screen, mixing green and red light makes which colour? (a) white (b) magenta (c) yellow (d) cyan
29. 29.🖥️🎨 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
30. 30.True or false: “all three make brown” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 With paint, which primary colour is NOT a screen (light) primary? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
32. 32.💡 On a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes which colour? (a) magenta (b) cyan (c) yellow (d) white
33. 33.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) all three make brown (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) uses red, green, blue (d) glows with its own light
34. 34.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and green light makes magenta. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.💡 On a screen, what are the three primary colours of light? (a) red, yellow, blue (b) black, white, grey (c) red, green, blue (d) orange, green, purple
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) needs light to be seen (b) mixing makes it darker (c) all three make brown (d) all three make white
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) needs light to be seen (b) glows with its own light (c) mixing makes it darker (d) all three make brown
38. 38.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) green and red (b) green and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
39. 39.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) all three make brown
40. 40.True or false: on a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes white. (a) True (b) False

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