Basic Color Theory Quiz

What are the primary colors in traditional color theory?

• Red, green, blue

• Yellow, orange, purple

• Pink, teal, brown

• Red, yellow, blue

What are the secondary colors formed by mixing the primary colors?

• Black, white, gray

• Red, yellow, blue

• Yellow, orange, purple

• Green, orange, purple

What is a color scheme based on analogous colors?

• Red and green

• Yellow and blue

• Yellow-green, yellow, yellow-orange

• Red and purple

What are complementary colors?

• Red and green

• Yellow and blue

• Yellow-green and yellow-orange

• Red and purple

What is the purpose of color harmony?

• To create chaos

• To engage the viewer and create a sense of order

• To reject what cannot be organized

• To under-stimulate the brain

What does the color red appear more brilliant against?

• Black background

• Green background

• White background

• Blue background

What is the starting point for understanding the relativity of color?

• The effects colors have on each other

• The warmth or coolness of respective hues

• The relationship of values and saturations

• The color wheel

What is the purpose of a color circle based on red, yellow, and blue?

• To create a logical structure for color

• To provoke debate

• To organize fruits and vegetables

• To engage the viewer

What are the tertiary colors formed by mixing a primary and a secondary color?

• Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green, yellow-green

• Red, yellow, blue

• Green, orange, purple

• Black, white, gray

What is the purpose of color context?

• To engage the viewer and create a sense of order

• To create chaos

• To under-stimulate the brain

• To reject what cannot be organized