Understanding Color Theory

The video tutorial introduces color theory, focusing on the RYB color wheel. It explains primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, and discusses color temperature, highlighting warm and cool colors. The tutorial also covers color harmonies, including analogous, complementary, and triadic colors, and explains color modifications like tinting, toning, and shading. The video concludes by emphasizing the RYB color wheel as a starting point for understanding color, with a preview of the next part.

What is the primary purpose of the RYB color wheel?

• To modify colors

• To create new colors

• To understand color theory

• To categorize colors by temperature

Which colors are considered primary in the RYB color model?

• Yellow, Green, Purple

• Red, Green, Blue

• Orange, Green, Purple

• Red, Yellow, Blue

How is the color purple created in the RYB color model?

• Mixing red and yellow

• Mixing green and blue

• Mixing red and blue

• Mixing blue and yellow

What are tertiary colors?

• Colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel

• Colors made by mixing two primary colors

• Colors made by mixing a primary and a secondary color

• Colors opposite each other on the color wheel

Which side of the color wheel are warm colors located?

• Purple-blue side

• Red-orange side

• Blue-green side

• Yellow-green side

Why do cool colors appear to recede?

• They are darker

• They are lighter

• Earth's atmosphere is blue

• They are mixed with black

What are analogous colors?

• Colors that form a triangle on the color wheel

• Any three contiguous colors on the color wheel

• Colors opposite each other on the color wheel

• Colors that are mixed with white

Which color harmony involves colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel?

• Analogous

• Complementary

• Tertiary

• Triadic

What is the process of adding white to a color called?

• Shading

• Toning

• Blending

• Tinting

What is the RYB color wheel primarily used for?

• Understanding the world of color

• Creating new color shades

• Mixing primary colors

• Categorizing warm and cool colors