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color theory mcq

Total questions: 97

Worksheet time: 24hrs 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

Above picture is an example of ?

a)

Tetradic Color Scheme

b)

Triadic Color Scheme

c)

Split Complementary Color Scheme

d)

Square Color Scheme

2.

Above picture is an example of?

a)

Tetradic Color Scheme

b)

Split Complementary Color Scheme

c)

Square Color Scheme

d)

Analogous Color Scheme

3.

Above picture is an example of?

a)

Triadic Color Scheme

b)

Square Scolor Scheme

c)

Double Complementary Color Scheme

d)

Split Complementary Color Scheme

4.

Above picture is an example of?

a)

Analogous Color Scheme

b)

Monochromatic Color Scheme

c)

Acromatic Color Scheme

d)

Neutral Color Scheme

5.

Above picture is an example of?

a)

Triadic Color Scheme

b)

Square Scolor Scheme

c)

Double Complementary Color Scheme

d)

Split Complementary Color Scheme

6.

Above picture is an example of?

a)

Analogous Color Scheme

b)

Monochromatic Color Scheme

c)

Acromatic Color Scheme

d)

Neutral Color Scheme

7.

Above picture is an example of?

a)

Analogous Color Scheme

b)

Square Color Scheme

c)

Acromatic Color Scheme

d)

Neutral Color Scheme

8.

Above picture is an example of?

a)

Triadic Color Scheme

b)

Complementary Color Scheme

c)

Double Complementary Color Scheme

d)

Split Complementary Color Scheme

9.

Above picture is an example of?

a)

Analogous Color Scheme

b)

Monochromatic Color Scheme

c)

Acromatic Color Scheme

d)

Neutral Color Scheme

10.

Above picture is an example of?

a)

Complementary Color Scheme

b)

Monochromatic Color Scheme

c)

No Color Scheme

d)

Neutral Color Scheme

11.

This is an example of what color scheme?

a)

Primary Colors

b)

Secondary Colors

c)

Complementary Colors

d)

Analogous Colors

12.

These are ______________ colors.

a)

Tertiary

b)

Primary

c)

Secondary

d)

Monochromatic

13.

This is an example of what color scheme?

a)

Analogous

b)

Triad

c)

Monochromatic

d)

Complementary

14.

Red, yellow and blue are called the__________________________.

a)

Secondary Colors

b)

Primary Colors

c)

Analogous Colors

d)

Complementary Colors

15.

This picture is an example of _____________________.

a)

Secondary Colors

b)

Primary Colors

c)

Analogous Colors

d)

Monochromatic Colors

16.

What color comes next: red, red-orange, orange, _____________?

a)

yellow-orange

b)

yellow

c)

yellow-green

d)

red-violet

17.

This is an example of _________________.

a)

Complementary colors

b)

Tertiary colors

c)

Primary Colors

d)

Secondary colors

18.

This is an example of ____________________________.

a)

Color Triad

b)

Analogous Colors

c)

Monochromatic Colors

d)

Cool Colors

19.

Mixing a primary color and a secondary color creates a ______________________.

a)

Tertiary Color

b)

Analogous Color

c)

Complementary Color

d)

Warm Color

20.

This is an example of a _____________ color scheme painting.

a)

Complementary

b)

Neutral

c)

Primary

d)

Analogous

21.

This is an example of a _____________ color scheme painting.

a)

Cool

b)

Monochromatic

c)

Warm

d)

Analogous

22.

This is an example of a __________ color scheme painting.

a)

Warm

b)

Cool

c)

Analogous

d)

Neutral

23.

This color scheme consists of two colors, directly across from one another on the color wheel.

a)

Analogous

b)

Primary

c)

Complementary

d)

Secondary

24.

This color scheme consists of 3-4 colors, side by side on the color wheel.

a)

Monochromatic

b)

Triad

c)

Analogous

d)

Neutral

25.

This painting is an example of what color scheme?

a)

Complementary

b)

Warm

c)

Cool

d)

Analogous

26.

This is an example of ______________________.

a)

Color Triad

b)

Analogous Colors

c)

Complementary Colors

d)

Secondary Colors

27.

How many colors are in the standard Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary color wheel?

a)

8

b)

6

c)

12

d)

18

28.

Creating a tint involves adding what to your color?

a)

black

b)

white

c)

it's complement

d)

a neutral

29.

Creating a shade involves adding this to your color:

a)

Black

b)

white

c)

red

d)

green

30.

This color scheme looks vibrant when used next to one another. When mixed, however, it creates a dull neutral.

a)

analogous

b)

tertiary

c)

monochromatic

d)

complementary

31.

Which one of the following is not a primary color?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Blue

d)

Green

32.

Which one of the following is not a secondary color?

a)

Orange

b)

Violet

c)

Blue

d)

Green

33.

Who developed the color wheel?

a)

Leonardo de Vinci

b)

Michaelangelo

c)

Issac Newton

d)

Donatello

34.

True or False: Hue is used to brighten a color when it is dull.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

True or False: Value refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

The saturation of a color refers to...

a)

Where a color is placed on the color wheel.

b)

The amount of black or white a color has.

c)

How bold or dull a color appears.

37.

How do you create a primary color?

a)

Mix a primary with a secondary color.

b)

Mix two primary colors together.

c)

Mix two secondary colors together.

d)

You cannot mix two colors to make a primary color.

38.

How do you create a secondary color?

a)

Mix a primary with a secondary color.

b)

Mix two primary colors together.

c)

Mix two secondary colors together.

d)

You cannot mix two colors to make a primary color.

39.

How do you create a tertiary color?

a)

Mix a primary with a secondary color.

b)

Mix two primary colors together.

c)

Mix two secondary colors together.

d)

You cannot mix two colors to make a primary color.

40.

True or False - If you pair two complementary colors together they create a strong contrast.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Which of the following is not an example of a cool color?

a)

Red

b)

Blue

c)

Violet

d)

Green

42.

Which of the following is not an example of a warm color?

a)

Red

b)

Blue

c)

Yellow

d)

Orange

43.

What is the complementary color of violet?

a)

Red

b)

Blue

c)

Yellow

d)

Orange

44.

What is the complementary color of green?

a)

Red

b)

Blue

c)

Yellow

d)

Orange

45.

What do you get if you mix two complementary colors together?

a)

Red

b)

Blue

c)

Yellow

d)

Grey/Brown

46.

Where are the colors of a triadic color scheme located on the color wheel?

a)

Across from each other.

b)

Beside each other.

c)

Across from each other, but one side is split.

d)

Three spaces apart from one another.

47.

Where are the colors of a split complementary color scheme located on the color wheel?

a)

Across from each other.

b)

Beside each other.

c)

Across from each other, but one side is split.

d)

Three spaces apart from one another.

48.

Where are the colors of an analogous color scheme located on the color wheel?

a)

Across from each other.

b)

Beside each other.

c)

Across from each other, but one side is split.

d)

Three spaces apart from one another.

49.

Where are the colors of a complementary color scheme located on the color wheel?

a)

Across from each other.

b)

Beside each other.

c)

Across from each other, but one side is split.

d)

Three spaces apart from one another.

50.

True or False: The color spectrum refers to the distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prism.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

Reflection of light as perceived by the eye

a)

Spectrum

b)

Color

c)

Neutrals

d)

Analogous

52.

A suggested guide for selecting colors and limiting the palette in painting, interior design, clothing selection, etc. EXAMPLES complementary, analogous, triad, monochromatic, split complementary.

a)

Neutrals

b)

Primary Colors

c)

Color Harmony

d)

Color Scheme

53.

Basic ways to combine colors.

a)

Spectrum

b)

Color Scheme

c)

Color Harmony

d)

Primary Colors

54.

Colors in sequence, in its pure, most intense form (a rainbow).

a)

Spectrum

b)

Value

c)

Hue

d)

Intensity

55.

Colors that cannot be formed by mixing together any two or more colors.

a)

Tertiary/Intermediate colors

b)

Secondary Colors

c)

Primary Colors

d)

Neutrals

56.

Colors formed by mixing together any two primary colors.

a)

Tertiary/Intermediate Colors

b)

Secondary Colors

c)

Primary Colors

d)

Neutrals

57.

Colors formed through mixture of secondary colors.

a)

Tertiary/Intermediate Colors

b)

Secondary Colors

c)

Primary Colors

d)

Neutrals

58.

Those colors usually associated with blue, green, sky, water, foliage, etc.

a)

Secondary Colors

b)

Color Scheme

c)

Warm Colors

d)

Cool Colors

59.

Tones that create only effects of darkness and lightness with black, white, or grey.

a)

Tertiary/Intermediate Colors

b)

Secondary Colors

c)

Primary Colors

d)

Neutrals

60.

Those colors usually associated with reds, oranges, fire, sun, etc.

a)

Cool Colors

b)

Warm Colors

c)

Analogous

d)

Complementary

61.

Any two colors opposite each other on the color wheel.

a)

Triad

b)

Analogous

c)

Monochromatic

d)

Complementary

62.

Any sequential group of 3-7 colors adjacent to each other on the color wheel.

a)

Analogous

b)

Triad

c)

Complementary

d)

Warm Colors

63.

Any 3 colors on the color wheel equally distant from one another and form an equilateral triangle.

a)

Hue

b)

Triad

c)

Intensity

d)

Color Harmony

64.

Tints and shades of one color.

a)

Monochromatic

b)

Triad

c)

Hue

d)

Value

65.

Another name for color.

a)

Value

b)

Intensity

c)

Hue

d)

Triad

66.

Lightness or darkness of a color. The addition of white or black to color will result in a change.

a)

Shade

b)

Tint

c)

Hue

d)

Value

67.

Brightness or dullness of a color.

a)

Intensity

b)

Black

c)

White

d)

Shade

68.

The mixing of all other colors (the absence of light).

a)

White

b)

Black

c)

Neutrals

d)

Tint

69.

The absence all colors (the presence of all light)

a)

White

b)

Black

c)

Tint

d)

Shade

70.

A color plus white.

a)

Black

b)

White

c)

Tint

d)

Shade

71.

A color plus black.

a)

Black

b)

White

c)

Tint

d)

Shade

72.

A circle with different colored sectors used to show the relationship between colors.

a)

Color Scheme

b)

Color Wheel

c)

Triad

d)

Color Harmony

73.

Red and Green are examples of

a)

Primary colors

b)

Complementary colors

c)

Analogous Colors

d)

Secondary colors

74.

Red Yellow and Blue are examples of

a)

Secondary colors

b)

Intermediate colors

c)

Monochromatic colors

d)

Primary colors

75.

To make a tint add ________ to a color

a)

black

b)

gray

c)

white

d)

tan

76.

The term value means

a)

How dark or light a color is

b)

How bright or dull a color is

c)

How warm od cool a color is

d)

How much the color of paint costs.

77.

These are examples of secondary colors.

a)

Yellow-orange, Blue-violet, and Red-orange

b)

Red Yellow and Blue

c)

Blue, blue-violet and violet

d)

Purple, green and orange

78.

This type of painting only uses one color plus black and white.

a)

Primary

b)

Monochromatic

c)

Complementary

d)

Analogous

79.

A low key painting is a painting that is

a)

Hung low on a wall.

b)

A painting that is dark and dull.

c)

A painting that is light and bright.

d)

A painting that uses all neutral colors.

80.

Blue, blue-violet and violet are example of

a)

analogous colors

b)

complementary colors

c)

secondary colors

d)

triadic colors

81.

Intensity means

a)

how dark or light a color is

b)

how cool or warm a color is

c)

you are using a monochromatic color scheme.

d)

bright or dull a color is.

82.

Blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, red-orange and red-violet are examples of

a)

intermediate colors

b)

primary colors

c)

complementary colors

d)

secondary colors

83.

To make a shade you add

a)

white

b)

gray

c)

an insult

d)

black

84.

Red, yellow and orange are examples of

a)

primary colors

b)

secondary colors

c)

warm colors

d)

complementary colors

85.

What does local color mean?

a)

The paint was sourced locally

b)

The general color something is.

c)

It is a dull version of the color.

d)

It is a warm version of the color.

86.

How do you make a neutral color?

a)

Mix two secondary colors together.

b)

Mix two analogous colors together

c)

Mix two complementary colors together

d)

Mix two two primary colors together.

87.

What are the three properties of color?

a)

Primary, secondary and intermediate

b)

Hue, value and intensity

c)

Warm, cool and neutral

d)

Complementary, analogous and monochromatic

88.

A tone is

a)

a color plus its complement.

b)

a color plus black.

c)

a color plus white.

d)

a color plus grey

89.

How do you make a secondary color?

a)

Mix two primary colors together.

b)

Mix two complements together.

c)

Mix two neutrals together.

d)

Mix two intermediates together.

90.

These color schemes are universally considered harmonic.

a)

Primary, secondary, complementary and tints

b)

Tints, tones, primaries and high-key

c)

Complementary, analogous, triatic and monochromatic

d)

Intermediate, complementary, tones and hues.

91.

This is an example of a triadic color scheme.

a)

Blue, blue-violet and violet.

b)

Orange and Blue

c)

Tints tones and shades

d)

Red, yellow and blue.

92.

A high key painting is

a)

made with neutrals.

b)

is light and bright.

c)

made with only complementary colors.

d)

made by using tints, tones and shades.

93.

What best defines this color combination:

Red, blue-green, yellow-green?

a)

Complimentary

b)

Analogous

c)

Split complimentary

d)

Triadic

94.

What are three ways to achieve contrast in a painting?

a)

Use analogous, complementaries and split-complimentaries.

b)

Use primaries, secondaries and intermediate colors.

c)

Use different values, intensities and and warm and cool colors.

d)

Use only high key colors

95.

How do you make a secondary color?

a)

Mix a color with grey.

b)

Mix two complementary colors together.

c)

Mix a color with a neutral.

d)

Mix two primaries together.

96.

These are examples of cool colors.

a)

Blue, violet and green

b)

Red, violet and blue

c)

Yellow green and purple.

d)

Purple, red and orange.

97.

This is an example of a

a)

high key painting.

b)

split-complementary color scheme.

c)

painting with secondary colors.

d)

a monochromatic painting.