Week 7

Question 1

what are rods responsible for ?

Answer 1

vision at LOW light levels

Question 2

what are cones responsible for?

Answer 2

detecting colour at HIGH light levels

Question 3

what colour are LONG wavelength cones

Answer 3

RED

Question 4

what colour are MEDIUM wavelength cones

Answer 4

GREEN

Question 5

what colour are SHORT wavelength cones

Answer 5

BLUE

Question 6

what type of colour mixing is this referring to…

• uses light
• the more added the lighter

Answer 6

additive colour mixing

Question 7

what type of colour mixing is this referring to…

• uses ink/ paint
• the more added the darker

Answer 7

subtractive colour mixing

Question 8

What type of colour descriptor is this referring to?

• based on pure colours (visible light spectrum)

Answer 8

HUE

Question 9

What type of colour descriptor is this referring to?

• chroma, strength of the purity of a colour

Answer 9

SATURATION

Question 10

What type of colour descriptor is this referring to?

• how light or dark a colour appears

Answer 10

BRIGHTNESS

Question 11

the following are factors that influence
_______________________:

• light environment
• surface reflectance
• colour temperature
• surrounding colours
• colour juxtaposition
• colour constancy

Answer 11

factors that influence how we see colour

Question 12

the following is a description of which colour influence?

we need a minimum amount of light to see colour properly

Answer 12

light environment

Question 13

the following is a description of which colour influence?

colour is light reflecting off a surface

Answer 13

surface reflectance

Question 14

the following is a description of which colour influence?

daylight has a higher colour temp than incandescent

Answer 14

colour temperature

Question 15

the following is a description of which colour influence?

colours appear differently based on colours nearby

Answer 15

surrounding colours

Question 16

the following is a description of which colour influence?

when placing 2 contrasting colours next to each other you risk creating colour vibrations

Answer 16

colour juxtaposition

Question 17

the following is a description of which colour influence?

how does lighting and environment impact how we see colour

Answer 17

brightness and colour constancy

Question 18

the following is a description of which colour influence?

racism, colourist behaviour

Answer 18

colour bias

Question 19

how is colour used as an identifier?

Answer 19

• stoplights (red green and yellow)
• colour for sadness and joy (blue and yellow)

Question 20

what are the 6 colour harmonies?

Answer 20

1. monochromatic
2. analogous
3. triadic
4. complementary
5. slit complementary
6. tetratic

Question 21

which colour harmonie is this description referring to??

• single hue
• atmosphere
• helps isolate subjects by limiting focus to line/focus

Answer 21

monochromatic!!!

Question 22

which colour harmonie is this description referring to??

• neighbouring hues
• easy on the eyes
• common in nature

Answer 22

analogous

Question 23

which colour harmonie is this description referring to??

• equidistant hues
• often seen in cartoons

Answer 23

triadic

Question 24

which colour harmonie is this description referring to??

• opposing hues
• very common
• pleasing to the eye

Answer 24

complementary

Question 25

which colour harmonie is this description referring to??

• similar to complimentary
• a wider more flexible pallet

Answer 25

slit complementary