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