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