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Color Theory

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is a ________________ color scheme.

a)

Complementary

b)

Analogous

c)

Warm

d)

Cool

2.

This is an example of a _______________________ color scheme.

a)

Complementary

b)

Monochromatic

c)

Analogous

d)

Triadic

3.

These three colors are known as the________________ colors.

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

intermediate

d)

analogous

4.

Which of the following are complementary color schemes?

a)

red and blue

b)

blue and orange

c)

yellow and violet

d)

violet and orange

e)

red and green

5.

The colors here are known as a _____________________ color scheme.

a)

Complementary

b)

Cool

c)

Monochromatic

d)

Analogous

6.

These colors are made by mixing equal amounts of primary colors together. They are known as the __________________ colors.

a)

Intermediate

b)

Complementary

c)

Analogous

d)

Secondary

7.

These colors are__________________________.

a)

intermediate colors

b)

primary colors

c)

secondary colors

d)

neutral colors

8.

Colors mixed with black are known as___________________.

a)

tints

b)

tones

c)

shades

d)

dull

9.

Colors mixed with white are known as_________________.

a)

tints

b)

tones

c)

shades

d)

dull

10.

Colors mixed with gray are known as ______________________.

a)

tints

b)

tones

c)

shades

d)

dull

11.

Complementary colors, when mixed together, make _____________.

a)

brown when mixed in equal amounts

b)

duller versions of the complement when mixed in unequal amounts

c)

an intermediate color

d)

analogous colors

12.

These colors are known as the __________________ colors.

a)

analogous

b)

warm

c)

cool

d)

neutral

13.

These colors are known as the __________________ colors.

a)

warm

b)

cool

c)

analogous

d)

neutral

14.

red and blue make__________________.

a)

violet

b)

navy

c)

purple

d)

maroon

15.

Peach is a ______________ of ________________.

a)

shade of orange

b)

tint of red

c)

shade of yellow

d)

tint of orang

16.

_______________ is a monochromatic color scheme.

a)

red, red-violet and violet

b)

pink, red and maroon

c)

blue, blue-green and green

d)

yellow, orange and red

17.

To create olive green, you would mix___________________.

a)

green with a small amount of red

b)

green with a small amount of blue

c)

green with a small amount of black

d)

green with a small amount of white.

18.

Which of the following are NOT analogous

a)

red, red-violet and violet

b)

blue, blue-green and green

c)

red, orange and purple

d)

red, orange and yellow

19.

The colors that you can NOT make, but that make all other colors are known as the __________________ colors.

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

intermediate

d)

neutral

20.

Which are not a complementary color scheme?

a)

red and yellow

b)

blue and orange

c)

yellow and violet

d)

green and orange

e)

red and green

21.

This painting Tragedy by Picasso is done using a _____________________ color scheme.

a)

Analogous

b)

Cool

c)

Complementary

d)

Monochromatic

22.

This painting by Van Gogh titled The Night Cafe, Arles done in 1888 uses ____________________ color scheme.

a)

analogous

b)

complementary

c)

warm

d)

monochromatic

23.

The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer completed in 1660 uses a _____________________ color scheme.

a)

analogous

b)

complementary

c)

warm

d)

monochromatic

24.

Red Canna painted in 1924 by Georgia O'Keefe uses a _______________ color scheme.

a)

analogous

b)

complementary

c)

warm

d)

monochromatic

25.

Workshop (Builders) by Jacob Lawrence 1971 uses a _________________color scheme.

a)

triadic

b)

complementary

c)

primary

d)

analogous

26.

Van Gogh painted Sunflowers using a __________________ color scheme.

a)

analogous

b)

complementary

c)

warm

d)

monochromatic

27.

Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet (1872) uses a _______________color scheme.

a)

analgous

b)

complementary

c)

cool

d)

monochromatic