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