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