ART Color Theory & Application 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which color scheme uses three colors equally spaced around the color wheel?
- Analogous
- Triadic (Correct answer)
- Split-complementary
- Tetradic
Correct answer: Triadic
A triadic color scheme uses three colors evenly spaced 120° apart on the color wheel.
Question 2: In subtractive color mixing, what color results from combining cyan and yellow?
- Blue
- Orange
- Green (Correct answer)
- Red
Correct answer: Green
Cyan and yellow pigments combined absorb red and blue wavelengths, leaving green visible.
Question 3: What term describes a color's purity or freedom from white, black, or gray?
- Value
- Hue
- Saturation (Correct answer)
- Luminance
Correct answer: Saturation
Saturation (also called chroma) measures how pure or intense a color is relative to a neutral gray.
Question 4: Which color temperature is associated with receding or 'cool' colors that appear to move away from the viewer?
- Red and orange
- Blue and violet (Correct answer)
- Yellow and yellow-green
- Red-violet and red-orange
Correct answer: Blue and violet
Blue and violet hues are perceived as cool and tend to visually recede in a composition.
Question 5: A tint is created by adding which element to a pure hue?
- Black
- Gray
- White (Correct answer)
- A complementary color
Correct answer: White
Adding white to a hue lightens it, creating a tint such as pink from red.
Question 6: The Itten color wheel, widely used in art education, is based on which primary color set?
- Red, green, blue
- Cyan, magenta, yellow
- Red, yellow, blue (Correct answer)
- Orange, violet, green
Correct answer: Red, yellow, blue
Johannes Itten's traditional artist color wheel uses red, yellow, and blue as the three primary colors.
Question 7: Which phenomenon occurs when a neutral gray appears to shift in hue when placed next to a strongly saturated color?
- Metamerism
- Simultaneous contrast (Correct answer)
- Afterimage effect
- Color constancy
Correct answer: Simultaneous contrast
Simultaneous contrast causes the eye to perceive the complementary hue of a nearby saturated color within a neutral area.
ART Color Theory & Application 2
Which color scheme uses three colors equally spaced around the color wheel?