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Color Theory and Laws of Color

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

Hair is composed of the following three major components

a)

texture, density, porosity

b)

cuticle, cortex, melanin

c)

texture, cuticle, medulla

d)

cuticle, cortex, medulla

2.

What are the degrees of porosity?

a)

cuticle, density, low

b)

low, average, high

c)

porous, texture, low

d)

low, porous, cortex

3.

What are the three types of melanin located in the cortex?

a)

contributing pigment, melanin, Eumelanin

b)

Pheomelanin, undertone, pigment

c)

Eumelanin, Pheomelanin, mixed melanin

d)

Eumelanin, pigment, mixed melanin

4.

Level is a unit of measurement used to identify the lightness or darkness of a color. Level is the:

a)

saturation, density, concentration of color

b)

density, mixed melanin, lightness of color

c)

texture, saturation, darkness of color

d)

concentration, texture, density of color

5.

The level system is:

a)

a unit of measure of saturation.

b)

a system that colorists use to determine lightness or darkness of a haircolor.

c)

contributing pigment in the unit of measure of hair color.

d)

the amount of melanin in the hair color.

6.

The varying degrees of warmth exposed during a permanent color or lightening process is known as:

a)

level system (or level)

b)

eumelanin (or melanin)

c)

melanin (or undertone)

d)

contributing pigment (or undertone)

7.

Haircolor levels are arranged:

a)

on a scale of 0-20

b)

on a scale of 1-10

c)

on a scale of 1-15

d)

on a scale 1-5

8.

The predominant tone of color is :

a)

melanin

b)

color level

c)

base color

d)

undertone

9.

A system for understanding color relationships is the

a)

law of color

b)

color theory

c)

color molecule

d)

level system

10.

Primary colors are:

a)

Yellow, Red, Green

b)

Red, Blue, Orange

c)

Blue, Green, Red

d)

Blue, Red, Yellow

11.

In traditional color theory, when _________________________ are present in equal proportions, the resulting color is black or a dark muddy gray.

a)

purple, green, and yellow

b)

all three primary colors

c)

white, green, and blue

d)

purple, blue and red

12.

A _____________________ is a color obtained by mixing equal parts of two primary colors.

a)

primary color

b)

tertiary color

c)

secondary color

d)

complementary color

13.

The secondary colors are:

a)

blue, yellow, red

b)

violet, yellow orange, red

c)

blue, green, yellow green

d)

green, orange, violet

14.

A tertiary color is an intermediate color achieved by mixing:

a)

a secondary color and its neighboring primary color on the color wheel in equal parts.

b)

equal parts of primary colors

c)

a primary color with equal parts of black

d)

a secondary color with white and black

15.

The tertiary colors are:

a)

yellow-violet, blue-red, orange-red, green-red, red-violet, and yellow-blue

b)

violet-yellow, orange-green, blue-green, red-violet, violet-green, and orange-yellow

c)

blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet, red-orange, yellow-orange, and yellow-green

d)

yellow-red, blue-red, orange-green, green-violet, violet-yellow, and red-green

16.

When combined, the primary color is always the dominant color. Which example is correct?

a)

yellow-orange

b)

orange-yellow

c)

orange-red

d)

green-blue

17.

Primary and secondary colors positioned directly opposite each other on the color wheel are:

a)

tertiary colors

b)

base colors

c)

complementary colors

d)

natural colors

18.

Complementary colors include:

a)

orange and yellow, blue and green, red and orange

b)

red and orange, yellow and green, blue and violet

c)

violet and red, yellow and red, green and orange

d)

blue and orange, red and green, yellow and violet

19.

The tone, also known as hue, is:

a)

intensity of color

b)

law of color

c)

the balance of color

d)

base color

20.

The strength of a color refers to:

a)

the tone

b)

the intensity

c)

the level

d)

the porosity