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Typography and Color Theory Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

Red, yellow and blue are called the__________________________.

a)

Complementary Colors

b)

Secondary Colors

c)

Primary Colors

d)

Analogous Colors

2.

What relationship do these colors share?

a)

Triadic

b)

Analogous

c)

Tetradic

d)

Complementary

3.

Which image file format commonly used on the Web supports transparency?

a)

.PNG

b)

.JPG

c)

.GIF

d)

.TIFF

4.

What word describes the use of a single color (including different shades of that one color)?

a)

Primary

b)

Complementary

c)

Analogous

d)

Monochromatic

5.

Which of these is a neutral color?

a)

Yellow

b)

Pink

c)

Gray

d)

Purple

6.

Why is contrast of colors important in design?

a)

A lack of contrast can hurt the readers' eyes

b)

A lack of contrast can make text hard to read by people with bad vision

c)

A lack of contrast can make text hard to read on tiny screens (like phones)

d)

All of the above

7.

How are secondary colors made?

a)

Combining two Complementary colors

b)

Combining two Primary colors

c)

Adding black to a color

d)

Adding white to a color

8.

This is an other word for color...

a)

Saturation

b)

Brightness

c)

Contrast

d)

Hue

9.

What is a place to look for inspiration when choosing colors?

a)

Advertisements

b)

Nature

c)

Art

d)

All of the above

10.

This is a way of describing how vibrant (bright or muted) a color is

a)

Saturation

b)

Brightness

c)

Contrast

d)

Hue

11.

Typography is otherwise known as:

a)

Using letters on the internet and in magazines.

b)

The style or appearance of text

c)

The act of putting letters together to form words

d)

The act of typing on your keyboard

12.

A serif font is different from a sans serif font because:

a)

It is more decorative and should be used for titles.

b)

It can't be bold or italic.

c)

It has strokes and sans serif doesn't.

d)

It is used too much and people don't like it.

13.

Decorative fonts like script or fancy fonts are good for:

a)

Captions

b)

Titles

c)

Body text

d)

All of the above

14.

Leading means:

a)

The space between each letter.

b)

The width of each letter.

c)

The order of the text.

d)

The space between the lines of text.

15.

Kerning means:

a)

The space between each individual letter.

b)

The width of each letter.

c)

The order of the text.

d)

The space between the lines of text.

16.

Typeface style that is most readable on computers.

a)

Serif

b)

Script

c)

Sans Serif

d)

Decorative

17.

Typeface style that is most readable on printed media.

a)

Serif

b)

Script

c)

Sans Serif

d)

Decorative

18.

Typeface style that has unique characteristics that make it hard to read in large bodies of text.

a)

Serif

b)

Script

c)

Sans Serif

d)

Decorative

19.

9. What type face style does this logo use?

a)

Serif

b)

Script

c)

Sans Serif

d)

Decorative

20.

9. What type face style does this logo use?

a)

Serif

b)

Script

c)

Sans Serif

d)

Decorative

21.

9. What type face style does this logo use?

a)

Serif

b)

Script

c)

Sans Serif

d)

Decorative