Chapter 11: Color - Know and Understand

When sunlight is passed through a prism, a(n) _____ is created that blends smoothly from one color to the next.

• electromagnetic spectrum

• incident beam

• continuous spectrum

• reflected beam

A beam of light coming toward a surface is called the incident beam.

• True

• False

_____ occurs when the crests of multiple light waves pass through the same point at the same time.

• Diffraction grating

• Destructive interference

• Additive color formation

• Constructive interference

The full range of colors that can be defined by a color model is called a _____

• color gamut

• color space

• primary color

• tertiary color

In color theory, two colors mixed in exact proportion to produce a neutral color are secondary colors.

• True

• False

A(n) (a)   is a color gradation created by lowering the saturation of the color selected.

• opacity

• shade

• tint

• hue

In the HSB color model, saturation defines a color’s degree of strength or difference from white.

• True

• False

In the Munsell system, (a)   is the lightness or darkness of a color.

• chroma

• brightness

• hue

• value

When the chromaticity coordinates of visible light are converted and plotted, the resulting points fall on a horseshoe-shaped curve known as the (a)   .

• tristimulus value

• spectrum locus

• CIELAB model

• Pantone system

In the CIELAB color space, positive b* values are yellowish.

• True

• False