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color theory

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are complimentary colors?

a)

Opposites from each other

b)

Next to each other

c)

Primary or Secondary Colors

2.

What are analogous colors?

a)

Next to each other

b)

Opposite of each other

c)

Primary or Secondary Colors

3.

What are the primary colors?

a)

Red, Blue, Yellow

b)

Orange, Green, Violet

c)

Orange, Blue, Violet

d)

Yellow, Green, Red

4.

What are the secondary colors?

a)

Orange, Green, Violet

b)

Red, Yellow, Blue

c)

Orange, Violet, Yellow

d)

Red, Green, Blue

5.

These analogous colors remind you of fire, they are red yellow, and orange. What are they also called?

a)

Warm Colors

b)

Cool colors

c)

Neutral Colors

d)

Triad

6.

What color is complimentary to violet?

a)

Yellow

b)

Orange

c)

Green

d)

Blue

7.

What color is complimentary to blue?

a)

Orange

b)

Green

c)

Violet

d)

Yellow

8.
What is the definition of a shade?
a)
Any color plus black
b)
Any color plus white
c)
Any color plus gray
d)
Umbrella
9.
What is the definition of a tint?
a)
Any color plus black
b)
Any color plus white
c)
Any color plus gray
d)
Any color plus silver
10.
a monochromatic work of art contains the following colors?
a)
three colors next to one another on the color wheel
b)
one color plus tints and shades of that color
c)
one color plus one complement
d)
all cool colors
11.
Which color scheme formula selects three colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel?
a)
Primary
b)
Tertiary
c)
Analogous
d)
Complementary
12.
Which color scheme formula selects two colors directly opposite of each other?
a)
Primary
b)
Tertiary
c)
Analogic
d)
Complementary
13.

Mixing red + yellow results in orange, which is an example of a ______________ color.

a)

secondary

b)

neutral

c)

cool

d)

tertiary

14.

Which of the following colors completes a split complimentary scheme that also contains blue green, and red?

a)

yellow orange

b)

yellow-green

c)

red-violet

d)

orange-red

15.

Imagine you need brown paint and we are all out. What can you do to make brown?

a)

mix every single color that you have together

b)

mix a pair of complementary colors, or all 3 primary colors

c)

mix the cool colors together

d)

mix the warm colors together

16.

What is the name for 3 colors next to each other on the color wheel, sharing a common base color?

a)

monochromatic

b)

tertiary

c)

complementary

d)

analogous

17.

Three colors that are of equal distance from each other on the color wheel are

a)

neutral colors

b)

complementary colors

c)

triadic colors

d)

analogous colors

18.

The term that refers to the lightness or darkness of a color is known as the

a)

value

b)

saturation

c)

hue

d)

multiplier

19.

Hue is another word for

a)

color

b)

saturation

c)

tint

d)

shade

20.

To change the intensity of a color...

a)

mix in it's adjecent color

b)

mix in white

c)

mix in black

d)

mix in its opposite