Part Nine: Color Experience and Interpretation

Question 1

T/F? Most people equate warm hues with reason and cool hues with emotion.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

T/F? When making three-dimensional art and design, the problem of lighting and its effect
upon the legibility of form is not a central issue.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

_______ is based on the automatic associations attached to particular colors or color
combinations that are learned and largely culturally determined.

Answer 3

Color symbolism

Question 4

When a color is applied to a fully realized form, there is a risk of _______.

Answer 4

perceptual conflict

Question 5

_______ is the direct response of observation.

Answer 5

color analogy

Question 6

polychromatic

Answer 6

the use of more than one color in a piece.

Question 7

Summarize the psychological effect of color relationships

Answer 7

Just as individual colors are linked, through analogy, to our worldly experience, the composite quality of color groupings can also provoke associations. The overall effect of a color group is influenced by the choice of hues, but more importantly, the quality of contrast in hue, value, and saturation.

Question 8

Recognize three-dimensional color applications

Answer 8

When creating a 3-D
object, artists may choose to leave the object as is and let the natural color of the material come through. Alternatively, they may use the vast variety of paint to enhance the piece and
play on how light and space effect the object. When they use more than one color, the piece is said to be polychromatic.