Color

Question 1

The range of light the human eye can see.

Answer 1

Visible Light Spectrum

Question 2

Colors the reach the eye directly from a source, and we perceive it as a color or several colors.

Answer 2

Direct Light

Question 3

Light that bounces off a surface and reaches the eye.

Answer 3

Reflected Light

Question 4

Cause of color.

Answer 4

Light

Question 5

Absorbs or reflects different types of light.

Answer 5

Colorants

Question 6

Type of colorant that isn’t manmade.

Answer 6

Natural

Question 7

Type of colorant that is typically manmade.

Answer 7

Synthetic

Question 8

This makes people unaware of differences in color that are obvious to other people.

Answer 8

Color Blindness

Question 9

White or colored light seen as a result of a combination of wavelengths.

Answer 9

Additive Color System

Question 10

The primary colors of an additive light system.

Answer 10

Red, green, and blue

Question 11

Secondary colors of an additive color system.

Answer 11

Magenta, cyan, and yellow

Question 12

Sees color as a result of the absorption of light; the primary colors of an artist.

Answer 12

Subtractive Color System

Question 13

Primary colors of a subtractive color system.

Answer 13

Red, blue, and yellow.

Question 14

Secondary colors of a subtractive color system.

Answer 14

Orange, purple, and green.

Question 15

Was created for and used by the printing and repographic industry.

Answer 15

Subtractive Process Color System

Question 16

Process color primaries.

Answer 16

Cyan, magenta, and yellow.

Question 17

Process color secondaries.

Answer 17

Red, blue, and green.

Question 18

Color relationships that guide color combinations and schemes.

Answer 18

Color Theory

Question 19

Contains the entire range of colors of the subtractive system.

Answer 19

Color Wheel

Question 20

Purest of colors unrelated to each other.

Answer 20

Primary Colors

Question 21

Created by combining equal amounts of primary colors.

Answer 21

Secondary Colors

Question 22

Colors in between primary and secondary hues, with more primary hue.

Answer 22

Tertiary Colors

Question 23

Two colors directly opposite to each other.

Answer 23

Complementary Colors

Question 24

One primary hue and two hues adjecent to its complementary.

Answer 24

Split Complementary

Question 25

A primary hue and two hues adjacent to it.

Answer 25

Analogous Colors

Question 26

Three hues spaced equidistantly from each other.

Answer 26

Triad Harmonies

Question 27

Two sets of compliments or two sets of split compliments.

Answer 27

Tetrad Harmonies