Screen Colours vs Paint Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 22: Screen colours vs paint colours · Set 750 · 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: “needs light to be seen” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and green light makes cyan. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.💡 On a screen, what are the three primary colours of light? (a) black, white, grey (b) red, yellow, blue (c) orange, green, purple (d) red, green, blue
4. 4.💡 On a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) cyan (c) white (d) magenta
5. 5.True or false: on a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes yellow. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: on a screen, mixing all three lights light makes white. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) all three make brown (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) mixing makes it darker
8. 8.🖥️🎨 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
9. 9.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) green and blue (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) all three lights
10. 10.💡 On a screen, mixing red and green light makes which colour? (a) white (b) yellow (c) cyan (d) magenta
11. 11.🖥️🎨 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
12. 12.💡 On a screen, which primary colour of light is NOT a paint primary? (a) blue (b) red (c) green
13. 13.On a screen, which lights mix to make magenta? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) red and blue
14. 14.💡 On a screen, a pixel with all its lights turned off looks… (a) black (b) grey (c) yellow (d) white
15. 15.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) red, green and blue (b) red and green (c) all three lights (d) blue and red
16. 16.🎨 With paint, which primary colour is NOT a screen (light) primary? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) glows with its own light (c) needs light to be seen (d) all three make white
18. 18.🖥️🎨 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
19. 19.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and blue light makes cyan. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) green and red (b) red and blue (c) all three lights (d) green and blue
21. 21.True or false: “uses red, green, blue” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make white (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) uses red, yellow, blue (d) glows with its own light
23. 23.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and red light makes cyan. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) blue and red (b) red, green and blue (c) blue and green (d) green and blue
25. 25.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) all three make brown (c) glows with its own light (d) needs light to be seen
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) needs light to be seen (c) glows with its own light (d) all three make brown
27. 27.True or false: “glows with its own light” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.💡 On a screen, mixing red and blue light makes which colour? (a) white (b) cyan (c) yellow (d) magenta
29. 29.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “uses red, green, blue”? (a) paint on paper (b) light on a screen
30. 30.💡 On a screen, mixing green and red light makes which colour? (a) white (b) magenta (c) cyan (d) yellow
31. 31.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) all three make white (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) glows with its own light (d) uses red, yellow, blue
32. 32.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) all three make white (c) all three make brown (d) uses red, green, blue
33. 33.🖥️🎨 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
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) glows with its own light (c) mixing makes it darker (d) uses red, green, blue
35. 35.True or false: “all three make brown” is true of light on a screen. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and green light makes yellow. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and green light makes yellow. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) all three make white (d) all three make brown
40. 40.True or false: “all three make white” is true of light on a screen. (a) False (b) True

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