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Color Pre-Test

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are these called?
a)
Tertiary Colors
b)
Primary Colors
c)
Monochromatic Colors
d)
Complementary Colors
2.
What are the three primary colors?
a)
purple, green, orange
b)
red, blue, yellow
c)
red, blue, green
d)
red, blue, orange
3.
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
4.

What two colors do you mix to make violet/purple?

a)

blue and yellow

b)

red and green

c)

blue and violet

d)

red and blue

5.
What are the secondary colors?
a)
orange, green and blue
b)
orange, green and violet
c)
green, violet and red
d)
green, red and yellow
6.

What are these colors called?

a)

Primary colors

b)

Secondary colors

c)

Tertiary colors

d)

Complementary colors

7.

What are tertiary colors?

a)

orange, green, and purple

b)

red, yellow, and blue

c)

a color that is made as a result of mixing equal parts of one primary color with one secondary color

d)

colors that cannot be made by mixing other colors

8.

Choose the secondary colors:

a)

orange, purple, and green

b)

purple, red, and yellow

c)

red, blue, and yellow

d)

blue, orange, and green

9.

What are these colors called?

a)

Primary colors

b)

Complementary colors

c)

Tertiary colors

d)

Secondary colors

10.

Which of the following is NOT a tertiary color?

a)

Red-Green

b)

Red-Orange

c)

Red-Purple

11.

Tertiary Colors

a)

Red-orange, Yellow-orange, Yellow-green, Blue-green, Blue-Violet, Red-violet

b)

Red, Yellow, Blue

c)

Orange, Green, Violet

d)

Black, Brown, Gray, White

e)

Red-violet, Red, Red-orange, Orange, Yellow-orange, Yellow

12.
What are these called?
a)
Tertiary Colors
b)
Primary Colors
c)
Monochromatic Colors
d)
Complementary Colors
13.

Primary Colors

a)

Red-orange, Yellow-orange, Yellow-green, Blue-green, Blue-Violet, Red-violet

b)

Red, Yellow, Blue

c)

orange, green, violet

d)

black, brown, gray, white

e)

red-violet, red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow

14.

Secondary Colors

a)

Red-orange, Yellow-orange, Yellow-green, Blue-green, Blue-Violet, Red-violet

b)

red, yellow, blue

c)

orange, green, violet

d)

black, brown, gray, white

e)

red-violet, red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow

15.

Neutral colors

a)

Red-orange, Yellow-orange, Yellow-green, Blue-green, Blue-Violet, Red-violet

b)

red, yellow, blue

c)

orange, green, violet

d)

black, brown, gray, white

e)

red-violet, red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow

16.

Warm Colors 

a)

Red-orange, Yellow-orange, Yellow-green, Blue-green, Blue-Violet, Red-violet

b)

red, yellow, blue

c)

orange, green, violet

d)

black, brown, gray, white

e)

red-violet, red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow

17.

Which color group is not on the color wheel?

a)

None

b)

Complimentary colors

c)

Neutral Colors

d)

Cool Colors

18.

What are complementary colors?

a)

Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.

b)

Colors that are opposite/ across from each other on the color wheel

c)

Three colors separated by three colors on the color wheel

19.

Yellow and red-violet are analogous colors.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Red and ______________ are complementary.

a)

Green

b)

Orange

c)

Violet

d)

Black

21.

Order of the colors

a)

red,orange,yellow,green,blue,violet

b)

red,red-orange,orange,yellow-orange,yellow,yellow-green,green,blue-green,blue,blue-violet,violet,red-violet

c)

brown,black,gray,white

d)

red,orange,red-orange,yellow,yellow-orange,green,yellow-green,blue-green,blue,violet,blue-violet,red-violet

22.

Coloring that cannot be made by mixing other colors such as red, yellow, and blue are...

a)

Primary Colors

b)

Secondary Colors

c)

Tertiary Colors

d)

Intermediary Colors

23.

When you mix two primary colors you create a _______________ color, such as orange, green, and violet.

a)

Primary Colors

b)

Secondary Colors

c)

Earth Colors

d)

Warm Colors

24.

When you mix a primary color with the secondary color closest to it on the color wheel you get a ____________________

a)

Primary Color

b)

Secondary Color

c)

Tertiary Color

d)

Warm Color

25.

What is this chart called?

a)

A Color Sphere

b)

A Color Star

c)

A Color Circle

d)

A Color Wheel

26.

What is another name for tertiary colors that come In Between a primary and a secondary?

a)

Intermediary Colors

b)

Earth Colors

c)

Local Colors

d)

Cool Colors

27.

What do you call pairs of colors that are opposites on the color wheel?

a)

Intermediary Colors

b)

Complimentary Colors

c)

Tertiary Colors

d)

Analogous Colors

28.

What are colors that are next to each other on the color wheel called?

a)

Earth Colors

b)

Local Colors

c)

Analogous Colors

d)

Complimentary Colors

29.

What kind of colors are represented by this image?

a)

Sad Colors

b)

Secondary Colors

c)

Cool Colors

d)

Warm Colors

30.

What kind of colors are represented by this image?

a)

Cool Colors

b)

Warm Colors

c)

Happy Colors

d)

Tertiary Colors

31.

Colors as they exist in nature, such as green grass, or white cloud, are called what?

a)

Primary Colors

b)

Local Colors

c)

Earth Colors

d)

Warm Colors

32.

What are colors called that are not on the regular color wheel?

a)

TInts

b)

Local Colors

c)

Earth Colors

d)

Secondary Colors

33.

When you add white to make a color lighter, what are you creating?

a)

A Local Color

b)

A Color Wheel

c)

A shade

d)

A tint

34.

When you add black to make a color darker, what are you creating?

a)

A Shade

b)

A Tint

c)

A Tertiary Color

d)

A Highlight

35.

Is BLUE primary or secondary?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

36.

Is ORANGE primary or secondary?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

37.

Is GREEN primary or secondary?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

38.

RED + BLUE =

what color do they make?

a)
b)
c)
d)
39.

BLUE + YELLOW =

what color do they make?

a)
b)
c)
d)
40.

All other colors are made from the _____

a)

secondary colors

b)

primary colors

c)

tertiary colors

d)

analogous colors

41.

The primary colors are mixed together to make _____ colors

a)

secondary

b)

ugly

c)

tertiary

d)

analogous

42.

When a primary color is mixed together with a secondary color is creates a _____ color.

a)

secondary

b)

primary

c)

tertiary

d)

analogous

43.

Three colors next to each other on the color wheel are called _____ colors.

a)

secondary

b)

primary

c)

tertiary

d)

analogous

44.

The art vocabulary word we use for color is ____.

a)

analgous

b)

tertiary

c)

intensity

d)

hue

45.

When using color, ____ is how light or dark a color is.

a)

shade

b)

value

c)

intensity

d)

hue

46.

When we add black or a dark color to a base color, it is called a ____

a)

shade

b)

value

c)

intensity

d)

tint

47.

When we add white or a lighter color to a base color, it is called a ____

a)

shade

b)

value

c)

intensity

d)

tint

48.

____ is how vivid, brigh, or rich a color is.

a)

shade

b)

value

c)

intensity

d)

tint

49.

Colors directly across from each other are called ____ colors.

a)

analgous

b)

tertiary

c)

intensity

d)

complimentary

50.

Reds, oranges, and yellows are considered ______ colors.

a)

warm

b)

cool

c)

nature

d)

primary

51.

Greens, blues, and purples are considered ______ colors.

a)

warm

b)

cool

c)

nature

d)

primary