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