What color is it?
How big is it?
Market trends
Have it or take it
Word pairs
100
This warm, dark red color is often used in Persian rugs and Renaissance paintings. (It's also the name of a band)
Maroon
100
This word describes how far down something goes — like the bottom of a pool or a canyon.
Depth
100
A gallery sells fewer and fewer paintings each year. Is this a growth or a decline?
A decline
100
A student visits the Louvre and accepts new ideas about modern art. She has an open _____.
mind
100
Rome wasn't built in a day — it grew _____ by _____.
Little by little
200
The Eiffel Tower was originally this color:
Reddish (reddish-brown)
200
The Great Wall of China is over 13,000 _____ long. (US measurement system)
feet
200
A new art museum opens its doors for the first time. What verb describes this moment?
Launch
200
I never go to the museum. I don't have a ____ what time they open.
clue
200
A restorer checks the painting again and again. She checks it o____ and _____.
over and over.
300
Monet's water lilies feature this soft purple-pink color
Lavender
300
A sculptor wants to make her statue wider. What verb means "to make wider"?
Widen
300
IKEA makes thousands of identical picture frames in a factory. What verb describes this process?
Manufacture
300
Two artists work on the same mural, one paints for an hour, then the other. They _____ turns.
take
300
Before funding a new sculpture, the city weighs the _____ and _____.
pros and cons
400
The Blue Mosque in Istanbul is decorated with over 20,000 tiles in this shade, darker than sky blue.
Dark blue
400
The stone blocks of the Great Pyramid weigh up to 80 of these units. It's the heaviest unit on our list.
Tons
400
If a coffee shop has locations in 50 countries, we can say that it has 50 _____.
Chains
400
A museum director is very proud of her new exhibition. She takes _____ in it.
pride
400
The museum hosts special events n____ and _____ — not every week, but sometimes.
now and then
500
Gaudí's Park Güell is covered in mosaics that mix many colors together. What one word describes something with many colors?
Multi-colored
500
An architect says: "We need to increase the _____ of this corridor from 2 to 4 meters." What dimension word fits?
Width
500
A graph shows that street art prices went from $500 to $5,000 in 10 years. Which words could describe this?
Increase, growth
500
What must an architect take into account before designing a building?
Ex: An architect must take the local culture into account.
-answers may vary-
500
Running an art gallery has its u___ and _____ — great openings and slow months.
ups and downs