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Colour

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Colour is an (a)   of design.

2.

What are complementary colours? Give two (2) examples of complementary colours.

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3.

What is this called (a)   ?

4.

Colours that are opposite to each other on the colour wheel are described as what?

a)

Bright

b)

Contrasting

c)

Complementary

d)

Dull

5.

Tertiary colours are made by mixing equal amounts of a primary and secondary colour

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Secondary colours are made by mixing two primary colours together

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which one is NOT a cool colour?

a)

purple

b)

green

c)

yellow

d)

blue

8.

A diagram consisting of a combination of the primary, secondary and tertiary colours

a)

Colour Wheel

b)

Tint

c)

Colour code

9.

Hue is another name for _________

a)

Warm

b)

Colour

c)

Shape

d)

Pigmentation

10.

Combination of two equal amounts of primary colours on the colour wheel

a)

Tertiary Colour

b)

Secondary Colour

c)

Primary Colour

d)

Loud Colour

11.

A combination of a primary colour and secondary colour on the colour wheel is an

a)

Secondary Colour

b)

Tertiary

c)

Primary

d)

Loud Colour

12.

If you "have the blues", you feel

a)

sick

b)

sad

c)

hungry

13.

My face goes _______ when I'm embarrassed.

a)

beet red

b)

golden

c)

silver

14.

He is ...

a)

seeing red

b)

seeing blue

c)

looking pink

d)

looking purple

15.

A common colour for a baby girl to wear is _________ .

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

When you mix black with white you get __________ .

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.

What is the colour of sadness ?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

What are these called?

a)

Tertiary Colours

b)

Primary Colours

c)

Secondary Colours

19.

Is there an instrument you can use to guide you in the process of combining colours?

a)

No, there isn't.

b)

Yes, there is. But it is only understandable for advanced design students.

c)

Yes, it is called 'Colour wheel'.

d)

No, you need to have many colour palettes to understand it.

20.

Who is the famous character that studied the refraction of light, where he discovered a spectrum of 7 colours, developing the color wheel, in 1666?

a)

Sir Isaac Newton

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Voltaire

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

21.

Red can be used to create a calming effect.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Which one is a warm colour?

a)

orange

b)

green

c)

blue

d)

purple

23.

The Colour Theory states that any colour can be mixed from the three primary colours, plus black and white.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

A tint is sometimes called a (a)   .

25.

Every individual colour on the basic Colour Wheel can be altered by tinting, shading, or toning.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Describe what is a tone?

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27.

Explain what is a shade.

4 lines
28.

Give the meaning of tint.

4 lines
29.

___, ______, ______ are warm colours.

(a)  

30.

The effect that colours have on

emotions and mental states is termed

colour psychology.

a)

T

b)

F

31.

Companies and businesses used to

used colour psychology when trying to

sell products but found that colour had

no effect on people buying things.

a)

T

b)

F

32.

According to research, marketing

and advertising companies ----.

a)

do not believe that colour psychology works

and thereby do not use it as part of their sales

and marketing plans

b)

are not known for trying to colour to influence

the decisions of the customers to buy their

products

c)

always disagree over whether to use colour

marketing, and whether it works

d)

use colour psychology and have invested money into using colour to

generate sales

e)

have never truly invested much money into

colour therapy and are missing out on a way

to get customers to buy more products

33.

In colour psychology, what is the colour of intelligence, vastness, royalty, serenity, coolness and tranquility.

a)

Blue

b)

Violet

c)

Green

d)

Grey

34.

Yellow is ....

a)

Responsible

b)

Friendly

c)

Passionate

d)

Dependable

35.

The color black has a feeling of what?

a)

Trust

b)

Smoothing

c)

Caring

d)

Strength

36.

Draw an image that comes to mind when you think of green.