Colour

Question 1

Hue

Answer 1

The name of the colour

Question 2

Intensity

Answer 2

The colour’s brightness or dullness

Question 3

Value

Answer 3

The colour’s lightness or darkness

Question 4

Primary

Answer 4

Red, blue, and yellow

Question 5

Secondary

Answer 5

Mixing 2 primary; orange, green and purple

Question 6

Tertiary

Answer 6

Mixing a primary with colour next to it on the colour wheel; blue green, yellow-green, blue-purple, red-purple, yellow-orange, red-orange

Question 7

Complementary

Answer 7

Two colours that are directly opposite on the colour wheel; red and green

Question 8

Triadic

Answer 8

Three colours that are equal distance away from each other on the colour wheel (red, blue, yellow)

Question 9

Monochromatic

Answer 9

Made by mixing one colour with white and black to create a range of values

Question 10

Neutral

Answer 10

Made by mixing any compliment colour combination

Question 11

Analogous

Answer 11

Colours that are neighbours on the colour wheel (blue, blue-green, green, green-yellow, yellow)

Question 12

Warm Colours

Answer 12

Red, red-orange, orange, yellow

Question 13

Cool Colours

Answer 13

Blue, blue-green, green, blue-purple