Primary Colors
Secondary Colors
Tertiary Colors
Complimentary Colors
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100

How many primary colors are there?

3

100

How many secondary colors are there?

3

100

What tertiary color is between red and orange?

red-orange

100

Where are pairs of complimentary colors located on the color wheel?

Across from (or opposite) each other

100

What do you call an artwork of a person?

portrait

200

Name all of the primary colors.

Red, Blue, Yellow

200

Name all of the secondary colors.

green, orange, violet

200

What tertiary color is between green and blue?

blue-green

200

What is the compliment of red?

Green

200

What do you call an artwork of an outdoor scene that shows the foreground, middle ground, and background?

Landscape

300

Primary colors are next to each other on the color wheel.

True or false?

False - They are evenly spaced

300

Mixing blue and yellow create which secondary color?

Green

300

Name a tertiary color that is also a cool color

blue-violet, blue green, or yellow green

300

What is the compliment of violet?

Yellow

300

What do you call the part of a picture that looks furthest away?

background

400

What colors can be mixed together to create red?

None.  Colors cannot be mixed to create primary colors.

400

What two colors are mixed to create violet?

red and blue

400

How many tertiary colors are there? 

6

400

What is the compliment of yellow-orange?

Blue-violet

400

When an artist cuts and glues paper to make art, what is that called?

collage

500

Which two primary colors are warm colors?

red and yellow

500

On the color wheel, secondary colors are across from the primary colors that create them. True or False?

False.  Secondary colors are between the two primary colors that create them.  

500

How are the tertiary colors named? (This answer has two parts)

They are named for the two colors they are in between on the color wheel. 

The name of the primary color is said first.

500

Which two primary colors make up the compliment of blue?

red and YELLOW

500

What do you call an apron or shirt that is worn by an artist to protect their clothes?

smock

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