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Color Pencil Technique and Color Theory

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Primary Colors

a)

Red, Yellow, Blue

b)

Orange, Green, Violet

c)

Red, Yellow, Orange

d)

Blue, Violet, Green

2.

How do you color with colored pencils?

a)

Back and Forth Motion

b)

Small Circular Motion

c)

Zig-Zag Motion

d)

Scribbling Motion

3.

How do you create a darker value with one color using colored pencils?

a)

Nothing, there is only one value

b)

Adding more pressure

c)

Adding less pressure

d)

Keeping the same pressure

4.

Which one of these is a gradation of color?

a)
b)
5.

How do you blend one color into another color?

a)

Lighter color down first. Then layer the darker color. Finally, blend the two colors together using the lighter color.

b)

Darker color down first. Then layer the lighter color. Finally, blend the two colors together using the darker color.

c)

You cant blend them.

d)

Darker color down first. Then layer the darker color. Finally, blend the two colors together using the darker color.

6.

Which technique did the artist use for this drawing?

a)

hatching

b)

cross-hatching

c)

stippling

d)

scribbling

7.

Which technique did the artist use for this drawing?

a)

hatching

b)

cross-hatching

c)

stippling

d)

scribbling

8.

Another word for scribbling is called

a)

Scumbling

b)

Skulling

c)

Scribing

d)

Scratching

9.

How do you make secondary colors?

a)

Mixing two primary colors together

b)

Mixing a primary with one of its secondary colors

c)

Mixing a secondary with secondary colors

d)

Mixing all the primary colors together

10.

How do you make tertiary colors?

a)

Mixing two primary colors together

b)

Mixing a secondary with one of its primary colors

c)

Mixing a secondary with secondary colors

d)

Mixing all the primary colors together

11.

Analogous colors are:

(click on all that apply)

a)

Often found in nature

b)

Come in groups of three

c)

Next to each other on the color wheel

d)

pleasing to the eye

e)

hard to look at

12.

Complementary colors are:

(click all that apply)

a)

Across from each other on the color wheel

b)

Next to each other on the color wheel

c)

Hard to look at

d)

Pleasing to the eye

13.

Complementary Color to Blue

a)

Orange

b)

Red-Orange

c)

Yellow-Green

d)

Blue-Green

14.

Complementary Color to Red-Violet

a)

Yellow-Green

b)

Yellow

c)

Violet

d)

Yellow-Orange

15.

When shading/coloring an object that has a direct light source, you must remember:

(click all that apply)

a)

The shadow follows the direction of the light source

b)

The object gets darker in value as you move away from the light source

c)

There is usually a highlight on the object closest to the light source

d)

The shape of the object needs to be considered when shading/coloring