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