Screen Colours vs Paint Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 22: Screen colours vs paint colours · Set 91 · 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.💡 On a screen, mixing green and blue light makes which colour? (a) white (b) cyan (c) yellow (d) magenta
2. 2.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) uses red, green, blue (c) needs light to be seen (d) all three make brown
3. 3.On a screen, which lights mix to make magenta? (a) green and blue (b) red and blue (c) blue and green (d) green and red
4. 4.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.💡 On a screen, mixing red and blue light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) white (c) magenta (d) cyan
6. 6.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) mixing makes it darker
7. 7.🖥️🎨 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
8. 8.💡 On a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes which colour? (a) magenta (b) yellow (c) cyan (d) white
9. 9.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) mixing makes it darker (c) uses red, yellow, blue (d) all three make brown
10. 10.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and green light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) white (c) magenta (d) cyan
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) all three make white (c) uses red, green, blue (d) mixing makes it darker
12. 12.🔍 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
13. 13.💡 On a screen, a pixel with all its lights turned off looks… (a) grey (b) yellow (c) black (d) white
14. 14.💡 On a screen, which primary colour of light is NOT a paint primary? (a) blue (b) green (c) red
15. 15.On a screen, which lights mix to make magenta? (a) blue and red (b) all three lights (c) red, green and blue (d) green and red
16. 16.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) glows with its own light (c) mixing makes it darker (d) all three make white
17. 17.💡 On a screen, mixing green and red light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) white (c) magenta (d) yellow
18. 18.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) blue and green (b) red, green and blue (c) red and blue (d) green and red
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) mixing makes it darker (d) needs light to be seen
20. 20.True or false: “uses red, green, blue” is true of paint on paper. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “all three make white” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) green and red (b) blue and red (c) red, green and blue (d) all three lights
23. 23.True or false: “all three make brown” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make white (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) glows with its own light
25. 25.🎨 With paint, which primary colour is NOT a screen (light) primary? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
26. 26.💡 On a screen, mixing red and green light makes which colour? (a) white (b) yellow (c) cyan (d) magenta
27. 27.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) glows with its own light (b) all three make white (c) needs light to be seen (d) uses red, green, blue
28. 28.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) needs light to be seen (c) all three make white (d) all three make brown
29. 29.True or false: “uses red, yellow, blue” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: on a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes magenta. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) all three lights (b) red and green (c) red and blue (d) blue and green
32. 32.True or false: “all three make white” is true of light on a screen. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: on a screen, mixing all three lights light makes white. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and green light makes magenta. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🖥️🎨 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
36. 36.True or false: “all three make brown” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🖥️🎨 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
38. 38.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) uses red, green, blue (b) all three make white (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) all three make brown
39. 39.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) blue and red (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and green
40. 40.True or false: “needs light to be seen” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False

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