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