Color Basics and Schemes

What are the three primary colors?

What are the three secondary colors?

Which colors are formed by mixing two primary colors together?

• Primary Colors

• Secondary Colors

• Tertiary Colors

• Monochromatic Colors

What are the six tertiary colors?

• green, red, orange, magenta, violet

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

• white, grey, black

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

Mixing a primary color and a secondary color creates a ______________________.

• Tertiary Color

• Analogous Color

• Complementary Color

• Warm Color

Fill in the blank: Yellow-green is created by mixing yellow (primary) with _______ (secondary).

• green

• red

• blue

• purple

What is a monochromatic color scheme?

• A scheme with multiple colors

• A scheme with one color plus its tints, tones, and shades

• A scheme with primary and secondary colors

• A scheme with tertiary colors

This color scheme consists of 3-4 colors, side by side on the color wheel.

• Monochromatic

• Triad

• Analogous

• Neutral

What is a triadic color scheme?

• A triadic color scheme is based on complementary colors.
• A triadic color scheme consists of four colors in a square formation.
• A triadic color scheme uses two colors and a neutral color.
• A triadic color scheme is a color scheme that uses three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel.

This color scheme consists of two colors, directly across from one another on the color wheel.

• Analogous

• Primary

• Complementary

• Secondary