Color Theory

What are the primary colors?

• red, blue, black

• red, blue, yellow

• yellow, green, orange

• blue, green, violet

What are the secondary colors?

• green, orange, yellow

• violet, green, blue

• green, orange, violet

• orange, black, brown

How do you mix tertiary colors?

• Mix primary and secondary colors

• Mix secondary colors with black

• Mix primary colors with black

• Mix primary colors with white

What are complementary colors?

• Colors next to each other on the color wheel

• Colors across from one another on the color wheel

• A color family

• Mixing primary and secondary colors

What is a tint?

• Mixing a color with white

• Mixing a color with black

• Mixing complementary colors

What is a shade?

• Mixing a color with white

• Mixing a color with black

• Mixing complementary colors

What do you get when you mix complementary colors?

• Black

• White

• Neutral brown or gray tone

• A darker version of the primary color

If you are painting a sphere the color blue, what color should you use for the shadow?

• Green

• Orange

• Black

• Red

A synonym (words that mean the same thing) for color is:

• Hue

• Shade

• Tint

• Primary

An arrangement or combination of chosen colors is called a ____.

• secondary

• primary

• monochromatic

• color scheme