DK Ching: Color Theory And Vision

Question 1

It is the simplest type of color system that organizes color pigments into primary secondary and tertiary hues

Answer 1

Brewster or Prang color wheel

Question 2

In the Brewster or Prang color wheel, these are the secondary hues

Answer 2

Orange, green and violet

Question 3

In the Brewster or Prang color wheel, these are the tertiary hues

Answer 3

Red orange, yellow orange, yellow green, blue green, blue violet and red violet

Question 4

The attribute by which we recognize and describe a color,
such as red or yellow.

Answer 4

Hue

Question 5

The degree of lightness or darkness of a color in relation to
white and black.

Answer 5

Value

Question 6

The brilliance or dullness of a color; this depends on the
amount of hue in a color.

Answer 6

Saturation

Question 7

A more comprehensive system for the accurate
specification and description of color, that arranges colors into three orderly scales of uniform visual steps, according to their attributes of hue, value, and chroma (intensity). This system is based on five principal hues and five intermediate hues. These ten major hues are arranged horizontally in a circle.

Answer 7

Munsell system

Question 8

Lightening a hue’s normal value by adding white creates a _ of that hue.

Answer 8

Tint

Question 9

Darkening the hue’s normal value with black creates a _ of the hue.

Answer 9

Shade

Question 10

The intensity of a color can be strengthened by adding
more of the dominant hue. It can be lowered by mixing gray
with the color or by adding to the color its complementary
hue. Hues that are grayed or neutralized in this manner
are often called __.

Answer 10

Tones

Question 11

It occurs when dots or strokes of colors merge to produce more blended hues.

Answer 11

Optical mixing

Question 12

__color schemes use two or more hues from the same quarter of the color wheel.

Answer 12

Analogous

Question 13

__ color schemes vary the value of a single hue.

Answer 13

Monochromatic

Question 14

__ color schemes use two hues on opposite sides of the color wheel.

Answer 14

Complementary

Question 15

__ color schemes combine one hue with the two hues adjacent to its complement.

Answer 15

Split complementary

Question 16

__ color schemes use colors located at three equidistant points on the color wheel.

Answer 16

Triadic

Question 17

Which colors tend to recede?

Answer 17

Blues, greens, and violets are considered cooler and tend to recede

Question 18

Which colors tend to advance?

Answer 18

Reds, oranges, and yellows are considered to be warm colors that advance.

Question 19

Who developed a color triangle that illustrates how modified colors—tints, tones, and shades—may be related in a harmonious sequence? The triangle is based on the three basic elements: pure color, white, and black. They combine to create the secondary forms of tint, shade, gray, and tone.

Answer 19

Faber Birren

Question 20

The ability to apprehend and interpret pictures, drawings, or other visual images

Answer 20

Visual literacy

Question 21

A perception of visual stimuli that represents what is perceived in a way different from the way it is in reality.

Answer 21

Optical illusion

Question 22

The obscuring of a form or figure that occurs when its shape, pattern, texture, or coloration is similar to that of its surrounding field or background.

Answer 22

Camouflage

Question 23

A phenomenon of visual perception in which intense exposure to one color or value leads to the sensation of its complement, which is projected as an afterimage on another color or a surface viewed immediately thereafter

Answer 23

Successive contrast

Question 24

A visual sensation that persists after the stimulus that caused it is no longer operative or present

Answer 24

Afterimage

Question 25

A phenomenon of visual perception in which the stimulation of one color or value leads to the sensation of its complement, which is projected instantaneously on a juxtaposed color or value. This intensifies complementary colors and shifts analogous colors toward each other’s complementary hue, esp. when the juxtaposed colors are similar in value. When two colors of contrasting value are juxtaposed, the lighter color will deepen the darker color while the darker color will lighten the lighter one.

Answer 25

Simultaneous contrast

Question 26

A French term for eggplant and a deep purpleish color

Answer 26

Aubergine