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Color theory

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
  • He developed a system with five
    median colors: red, yellow, green, blue, and grey.

a)

Tobias Mayer

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Richard Waller

d)

Aron Sigrid
Forsius

e)

Philip Otto Runge

2.
  • He published a color catalog with a matrix of 21 simple colors

a)

Tobias Mayer

b)

Richard Waller

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Aron Sigrid
Forsius

3.
  • Used prisms to prove white light is composed of many colors.

a)

Aron Sigrid
Forsius

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Richard Waller

d)

Philip Otto Runge

4.
  • He Organized color in a triangle using three pure colors: red, yellow, blue.

    Filled the triangle with gradients between these points.

a)

Aron Sigrid Forsius

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Philip Otto Runge

d)

Tobias Mayer

e)

Richard Waller

5.
  • Extended Newton’s ideas into a 3D model: the color sphere.

  • Primary colors on the equator, mixed colors between them, with black and white at the poles.

a)

Richard Waller

b)

Aron Sigrid Forsius

c)

Philip Otto Runge

d)

Tobias Mayer

6.

Color is the characteristic of human visual perception described through color categories, with names such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or purple

a)

correct

b)

not

7.

A color that can evoke one reaction in one person may evoke the opposite reaction in another, due to culture, prior association, or even just personal preference.

a)

correct

b)

not

8.

Few things that can have an impact on the meaning of colors: Cultural Differences

• Time

• Shades and tones

• Color Combinations

a)

not

b)

correct

9.

is one of the oldest pigments still in use.

a)
Charcoal
b)
Titanium White
c)
Cadmium Red
d)

Red Ochre

10.

Centuries later, during the 16th and 17th centuries, the most popular red pigment came from a

A non-toxic source for red pigment, the bug is still used to color lipsticks and blush today.

a)
red ochre
b)
cochineal bug
c)
alizarin crimson
d)
carmine dye
11.

color is used extensively to represent calmness and responsibility.

a)
Yellow
b)
Blue
c)
Red
d)
Green
12.

a fluorescent
paint derived from the urine of mango-fed cows

a)

Indian Yellow

b)

yellow

c)

Yellow mango

d)

cow urine

13.

is considered the brightest and most energizing of the warm colors. It is associated with Happiness, Hope, Decei

a)
yellow
b)
green
c)
blue
d)
red
14.

These are the colors that are formed by combining any two of the three primary colors

a)

Secondary color

b)

Primary color

c)

Analogous color

d)

Complimentary color

15.

this color only became common in the 16th century, after Portuguese traders.The orpiment mineral was used to make _____ pigment and was a popular trade item in Ancient Rome and a type of medicine in China.

a)
yellow
b)
red
c)
green
d)

orange

16.

is a very vibrant and energetic color. Associated with the earth and with autumn.

a)
purple
b)
green
c)
blue
d)
orange
17.

 is a very down-to-earth color.

It can represent new beginnings and growth.

a)
yellow
b)
green
c)
red
d)
blue
18.

is a combination of red and blue and takes on some attributes of both

a)
purple
b)
orange
c)
brown
d)
green
19.

Type of color made from primary and secondary colors, such as

blue-green or red-violet

a)
primary colors
b)
complementary colors
c)
neutral colors
d)
tertiary colors
20.

 A variant of tetradic; you find four colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

a)

square

b)

tetradic color

c)
Analogous color scheme
d)

monochromatic color

21.

is the theory of how different colors work together to form a color scheme that’s pleasing to the eye.

a)

Color scheme

b)
Color gradient
c)
Color wheel
d)
Color palette
22.

 Take four colors that are two sets of complementary pairs, also called Double Complementary

-These are generally quite difficult to balance using four colors together can often make your graphic

look over-saturated

a)

Tetradic colors

b)

Monochromatic colors

c)

Analogous colors

d)

split-complementary

23.

 These type of color that are formed by combining any two of the three primary colors

a)
Secondary colors
b)
Monochromatic colors
c)
Complementary colors
d)
Tertiary colors
24.

these type of color that you can't create by combining two or more other colors together

a)
Tertiary colors
b)
Complementary colors
c)
Primary colors
d)
Secondary colors
25.

These colors mean closely related,  Same side of the color

 so the combination of these hues has a harmonious appeal similar to that of monochromatic color schemes.

a)
Triadic colors
b)
Warm colors
c)
Complementary colors
d)
Analogous colors
26.

these type of color is opposites on the color wheel—red and green,

a)
complementary colors
b)
tertiary colors
c)
primary colors
d)
analogous colors