Color

Question 1

What type of colors remind us of fire and the sun. They are advancing colors. (Ex.- Red, Orange, Yellow)

Answer 1

Warm colors

Question 2

What type of colors remind us of water, grass, and trees. They are receding colors. (Ex.- Blue, Green, Violet)

Answer 2

Cool Colors

Question 3

What type of colors are black, white, gray, brown, tan and beige. They are neither cool nor warm.

Answer 3

Neutrals

Question 4

What is a hue?

Answer 4

Color name- color in its purist form with no added black, white, gray

Question 5

What is value?

Answer 5

Relative lightness or darkness of a color

Question 6

What is a tint?

Answer 6

White has been added to a hue- lightens

Question 7

What is a shade?

Answer 7

Black has been added to a hue- darkens

Question 8

What is tone?

Answer 8

Gray has been added to a hue- softens

Question 9

What is intensity?

Answer 9

Brightness or dullness of a hue. To dull a hue add some of its compliments.

Question 10

What is color harmony?

Answer 10

Pleasing combination of colors based on their position on the color wheel

Question 11

Which type of color scheme is based on a single color of the standard color wheel. Simplest color harmony, variation comes from using light and dark shades of the color and adding neutrals; can make a room appear larger and unified?

Answer 11

Monochromatic

Question 12

Which type of color scheme is based on combining 3 to 5 colors of the color wheel that neighbor each other. They tend to look best when 1 color dominates and smaller amounts of the related colors are used to add accents and interests?

Answer 12

Analogous

Question 13

Which type of color scheme is based on the use of 2 colors that are exactly opposites on the color wheel; they make each other look brighter and more intense because the contrast; for less contrast, the values and intensities of the 2 colors can be varied?

Answer 13

Complementary

Question 14

Which type of color scheme is based on one color and the 2 direct neighbors of that color’s opposite; the starting color is usually the dominating color. Ex- red orange would dominate and be accented with blue and green.

Answer 14

Split Complementary

Question 15

Which color scheme is the combination of 3 colors that are all equidistant on the color wheel; Ex- Red, blue and yellow OR green, orange, and violet; sharp contrast occurs when values are intense; skill is needed to achieve pleasing harmony.

Answer 15

Triadic

Question 16

Which color scheme combines 2 sets of complements; any combination of pairs may be used as long as each pair is composed of complementary colors; great skill is often necessary for this to be successful as well.

Answer 16

Double complementary