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Light and Color

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the three primary colors of light?
a)
Red, Green, Blue
b)
Green, Yellow, Blue
c)
Cyan, Magenta Yellow
d)
Cyan, Magenta, Black
2.
A blue shirt looks blue because...
a)
it absorbs blue and reflects all the colors
b)
it reflects blue and absorbs all the other colors
c)
it absorbs cyan and reflects all the other colors
d)
it reflects cyan and absorbs all the other colors
3.

When the three primary colors mix they produce?

a)

Red, Green, Blue

b)

Black

c)

White

d)

Magenta, Yellow, Cyan

4.
When magenta, cyan and yellow pigments overlap, they will create what color?
a)
Red
b)
Blue
c)
White
d)
Black
5.
What kind of light is sunlight?
a)
White Light
b)
Infrared Light
c)
Yellow Light
d)
Red Light
6.
What is the correct order of the colors of the rainbow?
a)
Red, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Indigo, Violet
b)
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
c)
Yellow, Orange, Red, Green, Blue, Violet, Indigo
7.
When a pencil is put into a glass of water, it appears to be broken? Why does the pencil look broken?
a)
because the shiny glass reflects light
b)
because the water separates light into many colors
c)
because the part of the pencil outside the water casts a shadow
d)
because light rays are bent when they pass from air into water
8.

What type of wave is light?

a)

electromagnetic

b)

mechanical

9.

Why does a banana look yellow?

a)

it reflects yellow wavelengths of light and absorbs most other wavelengths

b)

it absorbs yellow wavelengths of light and reflects most other wavelengths

10.

Electromagnetic waves can travel through

a)

space

b)

a medium

c)

both

11.

When you see the color black...

a)

All colors are reflecting

b)

All colors are absorbed

c)

The color blacl is reflecting

d)

the color black is absorbed

12.
What are the primary colors of the pigment?
a)
cyan, yellow and magenta
b)
Red, green and blue
c)
black and white
13.

White when

a)

the color white reflects

b)

the color black is absorbed

c)

all colors are reflected

d)

no colors are reflected

14.

What aspect of light is affected by frequency (wavelength)

a)

brightness

b)

color

15.

White light is made up of all of the colors of the rainbow

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Black absorbs all light.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

How is the color of a translucent object determined?

a)

By the color(s)/wavelength(s) that are refracted.

b)

By the color(s)/wavelength(s) that are reflected.

c)

By the color(s)/wavelength(s) that are transmitted.

d)

By the color(s)/wavelength(s) that are absorbed.

18.
When do you use the RGB (red, green, blue) system?
a)
Printing
b)
Painting
c)
Cell Phone screens
19.
This is used to separate white light into colors. 
a)
prism
b)
reflection
c)
sunlight
d)
spectrum
20.
How does light react in an opaque blue material?
a)
it is refracted
b)
all the light is absorbed
c)
all the light is absorbed except the blue which is reflected
d)
all the light is absorbed except the blue which is refracted
21.
Which of the following allows you to see objects that do not produce their own light?
a)
absorption
b)
refraction
c)
reflection
d)
deflection