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The Quiz for Art
Color
The art element that refers to reflected light.
Who created the Color Wheel?
Issac Newton
What is the color order in the same order of the color spectrum?
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
What is the acronym that people use for the color spectrum?
ROYGBIV
What is hue?
The base color/color name.
What is tint?
The light side of the spectrum.
What is shade?
The dark side of the spectrum.
What are the 3 primary colors?
Red, yellow, and blue.
What are the 3 secondary colors?
Orange, green, and purple.
What are tertiary colors?
When a secondary color and a primary color are mixed together in equal parts.
What are the six tertiary colors?
Red-purple, red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, and blue-purple.
What is the rule about tertiary colors?
The primary color has to be first and then the secondary color.
Warm Colors
colors that convey a warm feeling. Ex. Red orange and yellow
Cool colors
colors that convey a cool feeling. Ex. Green Blue and purple
Complimentary colors
are colors that are found directly across from one another on the color wheel. Ex. Blue and orange red and green
Analogous Colors
are colors that are right next to each other on the color wheel.
Monochromatic
is an image made up of just one color, but utilizing tints and shades of said color.
Tetradic
uses the three primary colors equally spaced which are red, blue, and yellow to create a vibrant palette.
Split complementary
uses one dominant color and two colors next to the dominant color’s complement. This creates a more nuanced pattern than a complementary scheme.
Tetradic
similar to a triadic scheme, but it forms a rectangle on the color wheel instead of a triangle.
