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