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Color Theory

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a color wheel?

a)

It is a colorful wheel.

b)

I have no idea! :(

c)

It is a chart representing the relationships between colors

d)

It is a game where you name the colors.

2.

What are the primary colors?

4 lines
3.

What happens when you mix the primary colors?

a)

You make purple.

b)

You make tertiary colors.

c)

You make secondary colors.

d)

You get black.

4.

Are tertiary colors part of the color wheel?

a)

No, those are not a color group.

b)

Yes, they are.

c)

I have no idea >_<

d)

Yes, they are green, purple, and orange.

5.

What is a value scale in art?

a)

Refers to the lightness of a color

b)

Refers to the darkness of a color

c)

Shows the lightness or darkness of a color.

d)

Shows the tertiary colors in order.

6.

How do you make tertiary colors?

a)

Mixing primary colors + secondary colors.

b)

Mixing primary colors with each other.

c)

Mixing a primary color + black.

d)

Mixing white + secondary colors.

7.
What is this called?
a)
Color Circle
b)
Color Prism
c)
Color Wheel
d)
Color Spectrum
8.

What is this?

a)

Tertiary Colors

b)

Primary Colors

c)

Secondary Colors

d)

The Color Wheel

9.

What does red and blue make?

a)

Violet

b)

Orange

c)

Green

d)

Dark red

10.

What does red and yellow make?

a)

Purple

b)

Orange

c)

Yellow-Orange

d)

Red-Orange

11.

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

12.
What two colors do you mix to make orange?
a)
 red and yellow 
b)
blue and green
c)
red and violet
d)
yellow and orange
13.

What two colors do you mix to make violet?

a)

Blue and yellow

b)

Red and green

c)

Blue and violet

d)

Red and blue

14.

How do you make this color?

hint* (this is dark blue)

a)

Blue + white

b)

Blue + violet

c)

Blue + black

d)

Blue + orange

15.
Another name for color
a)
Tint
b)
Tone
c)
Shade
d)
Hue
16.

The lightness or darkness of color is called _____________.

a)

Aura

b)

Hue

c)

Value

d)

Intensity

17.

When you mix a color with white you make a ___________.

a)

Tint

b)

Shade

c)

Tone

d)

Pastel

18.

How do you find complementary colors on the color wheel?

a)

They are next to each other.

b)

They are across from each other.

c)

They are on the same side.

d)

They are connected.

19.

What are the warm colors?

a)

Red, Orange, Green

b)

Yellow, Red, Blue

c)

Yellow-green, blue-violet, and red-violet

d)

Reds, Yellows, and Oranges

20.

What does monochromatic mean?

a)

Shades & tints of more than one color in an artwork

b)

Shades & tints of one color in an artwork

c)

Two colors in an artwork

d)

One color in an artwork

21.

What does Value mean in art?

a)

Lightness and darkness of a color.

b)

Brightness and dullness of a color.

c)

How expensive the artwork is.

d)

How much color is used.

22.

This color scheme refers to 3 or more colors that touch each other on the color wheel.

a)

Primary colors

b)

Warm colors

c)

Complementary Colors

d)

Analogous colors

23.

This color scheme utilizes all the colors is a single hue.

a)

Dichromatic color

b)

Triadic color

c)

Monochromatic color

d)

Red

24.

This type of color scheme refers to colors that fall opposite each other on the color wheel.

a)

Secondary colors

b)

Complementary colors

c)

Cool colors

d)

Neutral colors