Screen Colours vs Paint Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 22: Screen colours vs paint colours · Set 928 · 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.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) glows with its own light (d) all three make white
2. 2.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) mixing makes it darker (c) needs light to be seen (d) uses red, green, blue
3. 3.💡 On a screen, a pixel with all its lights turned off looks… (a) white (b) black (c) grey (d) yellow
4. 4.💡 On a screen, what are the three primary colours of light? (a) orange, green, purple (b) black, white, grey (c) red, green, blue (d) red, yellow, blue
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) uses red, green, blue (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) glows with its own light
6. 6.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) green and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and green (d) blue and red
7. 7.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and red light makes which colour? (a) magenta (b) cyan (c) yellow (d) white
8. 8.On a screen, which lights mix to make magenta? (a) blue and red (b) blue and green (c) green and blue (d) red and green
9. 9.💡 On a screen, mixing green and red light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) magenta (c) cyan (d) white
10. 10.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and blue light makes yellow. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) uses red, green, blue (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) glows with its own light
12. 12.🖥️🎨 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
13. 13.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) red, green and blue (b) all three lights (c) red and blue (d) blue and green
14. 14.💡 On a screen, which primary colour of light is NOT a paint primary? (a) red (b) green (c) blue
15. 15.True or false: “glows with its own light” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🖥️🎨 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
17. 17.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) glows with its own light (c) uses red, green, blue (d) mixing makes it lighter
18. 18.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) needs light to be seen (b) all three make brown (c) all three make white (d) mixing makes it darker
19. 19.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “glows with its own light”? (a) light on a screen (b) paint on paper
20. 20.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) blue and green (b) red, green and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
21. 21.💡 On a screen, mixing red and blue light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) magenta (c) yellow (d) white
22. 22.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.💡 On a screen, mixing green and blue light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) cyan (c) magenta (d) white
24. 24.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and green light makes cyan. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.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) needs light to be seen
26. 26.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and blue light makes cyan. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make white (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) glows with its own light (d) all three make brown
28. 28.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and green light makes magenta. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: on a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes white. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) needs light to be seen (c) uses red, green, blue (d) glows with its own light
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) needs light to be seen (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) all three make white (d) uses red, green, blue
33. 33.On a screen, which lights mix to make magenta? (a) red and green (b) red and blue (c) red, green and blue (d) green and blue
34. 34.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and red light makes yellow. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🖥️🎨 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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) uses red, green, blue (c) needs light to be seen (d) mixing makes it darker
37. 37.🖥️🎨 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
38. 38.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) green and blue (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) all three lights
39. 39.🎨 With paint, what are the three primary colours? (a) black, white, grey (b) orange, green, purple (c) red, yellow, blue (d) red, green, blue
40. 40.True or false: “uses red, yellow, blue” is true of paint on paper. (a) False (b) True

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