Color Theory

Question 1

Who developed the first circular diagram of colors? When?

Answer 1

Sir Isaac Newton in 1666

Question 2

What are the 3 primary colors?

Answer 2

Red, Yellow, and Blue

Question 3

The 3 pigment colors that can not be mixed or formed by any combination of other colors

Answer 3

Primary colors

Question 4

All other colors are derived from these 3 hues

Answer 4

Primary colors

Question 5

What are the 3 secondary colors?

Answer 5

Green, Orange, and Purple

Question 6

These are the colors formed by mixing the primary colors

Answer 6

Secondary colors

Question 7

These are the colors formed by mixing a primary and a secondary color

Answer 7

Tertiary colors

Question 8

A pleasing arrangement of parts, whether it be music, poetry, color, or even an ice cream sundae

Answer 8

Harmony

Question 9

Any three colors which are side by side on a 12 part color wheel

Answer 9

Analogous colors

Question 10

Any two colors which are directly opposite each other

Answer 10

Complementary colors

Question 11

These opposing colors create maximum contrast and maximum stability

Answer 11

Complementary colors

Question 12

The perceptual characteristic of light described by a color name

Answer 12

Color

Question 13

What are the 3 characteristics of color?

Answer 13

1. Hue
2. Value
3. Saturation/Intensity

Question 14

How pure a hue is in relation to gray

Answer 14

Chroma

Question 15

The degree of purity of a hue

Answer 15

Saturation

Question 16

The brightness or dullness of a hue. One may lower it by adding white or black

Answer 16

Intensity

Question 17

A measure of the amount of light reflected from a hue

Answer 17

Luminance/Value

Question 18

A hue produced by the addition of black

Answer 18

Shade

Question 19

A hue produced by the addition of white

Answer 19

Tint

Question 20

__________ color mixing means that one begins with white and ends with black; as one adds color, the result gets darker and tends to black

Answer 20

Subtractive

Question 21

__________ color mixing means that one begins with black and ends with white; as more color is added, the result is lighter and tends to white

Answer 21

Additive

Question 22

Which color method is used in painting or through the printing process?

Answer 22

Subtractive color method

Question 23

Which color method is used when working on a computer?

Answer 23

Additive color method

Question 24

What is the color system used for printing?

Answer 24

CMYK color system

Question 25

A visual representation of colors arranged according to their chromatic relationship

Answer 25

Color wheel

Question 26

What color system is used for generating digital designs?

Answer 26

RGB color system

Question 27

What 4 colors are used in the CMYK color system?

Answer 27

Cyan
Magenta
Yellow
Key (Black)

Question 28

One of the two types of photoreceptor cells, located in the retina of the eye, that are sensitive to light and dark

Answer 28

Rods

Question 29

One of the two types of photoreceptor cells, located in the retina of the eye, that are sensitive to red, green, and blue light and responsible for color vision

Answer 29

Cones

Question 30

Colors that are shade or tint variations of the same hue

Answer 30

Monochromatic

Question 31

Those colors across from each other on a color wheel

Answer 31

Complementary

Question 32

One hue plus two others equally spaced from its complement

Answer 32

Split-Complementary

Question 33

Two complementary color sets

Answer 33

Double-Complementary

Question 34

Those colors located adjacent to each other on a color wheel

Answer 34

Analogous

Question 35

Three hues equally positioned on a color wheel

Answer 35

Triad