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) blue and green (b) green and red (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
- 2.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and green light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) white (c) magenta (d) yellow
- 3.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) all three make white (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) glows with its own light (d) uses red, green, blue
- 4.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) blue and green (b) red and blue (c) red, green and blue (d) blue and red
- 5.True or false: “mixing makes it lighter” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “mixing makes it darker”? (a) paint on paper (b) light on a screen
- 7.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and green light makes cyan. (a) True (b) False
- 8.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and red light makes which colour? (a) magenta (b) white (c) yellow (d) cyan
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) all three make brown (c) mixing makes it darker (d) uses red, green, blue
- 10.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and green light makes yellow. (a) False (b) True
- 11.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) red and green (b) all three lights (c) green and red (d) blue and red
- 12.💡 On a screen, a pixel with all its lights turned off looks… (a) white (b) black (c) yellow (d) grey
- 13.🎨 With paint, what are the three primary colours? (a) black, white, grey (b) orange, green, purple (c) red, yellow, blue (d) red, green, blue
- 14.💡 On a screen, mixing green and blue light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) yellow (c) magenta (d) white
- 15.🖥️🎨 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
- 16.💡 On a screen, what are the three primary colours of light? (a) red, yellow, blue (b) orange, green, purple (c) red, green, blue (d) black, white, grey
- 17.💡 On a screen, mixing all three lights light makes which colour? (a) magenta (b) yellow (c) white (d) cyan
- 18.True or false: “glows with its own light” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: on a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes white. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🖥️🎨 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
- 21.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and red light makes yellow. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and red light makes cyan. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🖥️🎨 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
- 24.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) glows with its own light (c) uses red, green, blue (d) mixing makes it darker
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make brown (b) all three make white (c) needs light to be seen (d) mixing makes it darker
- 26.💡 On a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) yellow (c) magenta (d) white
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glows with its own light (b) all three make white (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) uses red, yellow, blue
- 28.True or false: on a screen, mixing blue and red light makes magenta. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) mixing makes it darker (c) all three make brown (d) needs light to be seen
- 30.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) red and blue (b) green and blue (c) green and red (d) blue and green
- 31.True or false: “all three make white” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) glows with its own light (c) all three make white (d) needs light to be seen
- 33.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) glows with its own light (b) uses red, green, blue (c) all three make white (d) all three make brown
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glows with its own light (b) uses red, green, blue (c) all three make white (d) needs light to be seen
- 35.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) all three make brown (b) needs light to be seen (c) uses red, green, blue (d) uses red, yellow, blue
- 36.True or false: “needs light to be seen” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) uses red, yellow, blue (b) needs light to be seen (c) glows with its own light (d) all three make brown
- 38.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and blue light makes yellow. (a) False (b) True
- 39.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) green and blue (b) blue and red (c) all three lights (d) red and green
- 40.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) all three make brown (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) uses red, yellow, blue
Answer key
- blue and green
- cyan
- uses red, yellow, blue
- red, green and blue
- True
- paint on paper
- True
- magenta
- uses red, green, blue
- True
- all three lights
- black
- red, yellow, blue
- cyan
- light on a screen
- red, green, blue
- white
- True
- True
- paint on paper
- False
- False
- light on a screen
- mixing makes it darker
- all three make white
- white
- uses red, yellow, blue
- True
- mixing makes it lighter
- green and red
- True
- needs light to be seen
- all three make brown
- needs light to be seen
- uses red, green, blue
- False
- glows with its own light
- False
- red and green
- mixing makes it lighter
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