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