Color Theory Vocab Quiz

A body of practical guidance to color mixing

& the visual effects of a specific color

combination.

• Color Theory

• Color Scheme

• Saturation

• Tone

Groups of THREE colors that are NEXT to

each other on the color wheel, and a tertiary.

Red, Orange, & Red-Orange are examples.

• Triad Color Scheme

• Tetrad Color scheme

• Analogous Colors

• Subtractive Color

Pigment is used to produce color using

reflected light. This color model is using in

PRINTING, silk screening, painting and other

mediums that add pigment to the substrate.

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow & Black or CMYK

• Primary Colors

• Subtractive Color

• Color Scheme

• Triad Color Scheme

Describes how LIGHT produces color. Red,

Green & Blue or RGB. Starts with black &

adds red, green and blue LIGHT to produce

the visible spectrum of colors.

• Monochromatic Colors

• Tint

• Shade

• Additive Color

Match

• Color with the greatest saturation

• Pure Color

• Dominant base color in a picture

• Tone

• Trad color theory & RYB -Red Yellow Blue

• Primary Colors

• Relative lightness or darkness of color

• Key Color

• Use 3 colors evenly space on color wheel

• Triad Color Scheme

A color scheme that is ONE-color created

using different tones of that one color.

• Monochromatic Colors

• Color Scheme

• Shade

• Tint

Is the choice of colors used in various

artistic & design contexts.

• Split Complimentary

• Pure Color

• Color Scheme

• Hue

The intensity of a color. The strength of a

surface color, its degree of visual difference

from neutral gray.

• Tint

• Saturation

• Shade

• Hue

Where an artist adds a color to white to

create a lighter version of the color.

refers to the origin of the colors we can see.

Primary & secondary colors are considered

hues.

• Tint

• Shade

• Saturation

• Hue

A hue or mixture of pure colors to which

ONLY BLACK is added. It contains NO white

or gray. Darkens the color

• Color Scheme

• Shade

• Monochromatic Colors

• Tint