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COLOR THEORY UNIT

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
These colors are created after mixing a Primary and a Secondary color together:
a)
Analogous Colors
b)
Tertiary Colors
c)
Complementary Colors
d)
Warm Colors
2.
Reds, Yellows, and Oranges depict feelings of heat, passion, and intensity. These colors are also known as:
a)
Cool Colors
b)
Primary Colors
c)
Secondary Colors
d)
Warm Colors
3.
Blues, Greens, and Violets depict feelings of coolness, relaxation, and zen. These colors are also known as: 
a)
Warm Colors
b)
Cool Colors
c)
Tertiary Colors
d)
Analogous Colors
4.
Red, Yellow, & Blue are the "building blocks" of all color. What are these three colors also referred to as?
a)
Tertiary Colors
b)
Secondary Colors
c)
Primary Colors
d)
Complementary Colors
5.
Green, Orange, & Violet are created after mixing two Primary colors together. What are these colors also referred to as?
a)
Secondary Colors
b)
Primary Colors
c)
Tertiary Colors
d)
Analogous Colors
6.

Definition: the relative lightness or darkness of a color

a)

Hue

b)

Value

c)

Tint

d)

Shade

7.

Yellow-Orange, Red-Orange, Red-Violet, Blue-Violet, Blue-Green

a)

Secondary Color

b)

Tertiary Color

c)

Complementary Colors

d)

Primary Colors

8.

Blue & Orange

Yellow & Violet

Red & Green

a)

Secondary Color

b)

Tertiary Color

c)

Complementary Colors

d)

Primary Colors

9.

What color scheme is the artist using for this image?

a)

monochromatic

b)

achromatic

c)

analogous

d)

triadic

10.

This is an example of what color scheme?

a)

Primary Colors

b)

Secondary Colors

c)

Complementary Colors

d)

Analogous Colors

11.

This is an example of what color scheme?

a)

Analogous

b)

Triad

c)

Monochromatic

d)

Complementary

12.

This picture is an example of _____________________.

a)

Secondary Colors

b)

Primary Colors

c)

Analogous Colors

d)

Monochromatic Colors

13.

This is an example of _________________.

a)

Complementary colors

b)

Tertiary colors

c)

Primary Colors

d)

Secondary colors

14.

This is an example of ____________________________.

a)

Color Triad

b)

Analogous Colors

c)

Monochromatic Colors

d)

Cool Colors

15.

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

a)

Tertiary Color

b)

Analogous Color

c)

Complementary Color

d)

Warm Color

16.

This is an example of a:

a)

Color Triad

b)

Analogous Colors

c)

Complementary Colors

d)

Secondary Colors

17.

Creating a tint involves adding what to your color?

a)

black

b)

white

c)

it's complement

d)

a neutral

18.

Creating a shade involves adding this to your color:

a)

Black

b)

white

c)

red

d)

green

19.

Mixing the hues red and blue together creates:

a)

purple

b)

orange

c)

green

20.

Mixing the hues red and yellow creates:

a)

purple

b)

orange

c)

green

21.
What two colors do you mix to make green?
a)
blue and orange
b)
yellow and red
c)
blue and yellow
d)
yellow and violet
22.

An opaque color refers to a color that you can see through.

a)

true

b)

false

23.

The use of a transparent color will create a see through effect.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

The following colors would be considered a split complimentary color scheme: red, yellow-green and blue-green.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

The following color create a tetradic color scheme: yellow- orange, red-orange and red.

a)

True

b)

False