Words to Know
Color Categories
Color Mixing
Color Schemes
Art History
100

What is the property of color that describes the specific color you are talking about? ie. Red, blue, green

Hue

100

Name the three secondary colors.

Orange, green, and purple

100

What do you call it when you mix a color with white to make a lighter color?

A tint

100

What is the name of the color scheme that only uses tints and shades of one color on the color wheel? ie. light blue, blue, and dark blue

Monochromatic

100

What is the name of the art movement that used imagery from popular culture, such as advertising, comic books, and mundane mass-produced objects?

Pop Art

200

What is the property of color that describes the level of saturation of a color?

Intensity

200

Name the three primary colors.

Red, yellow, and blue

200

What do you call it when you mix a color with black to make a darker color?

A shade

200

What is the name of the color scheme that pairs colors from opposite sides of the color wheel? ie. orange and blue

Complementary

200

What was the name of the artist that we took inspiration from for our pop art drawing?

Andy Warhol

300

What art term describes the general feeling that everything in an artwork goes together?

Unity

300

Name three neutral colors.

White, black, and brown

300

What colors would you mix to make pink?

Red and white

300

What is the name of the color scheme that uses colors that form a triangle on the color wheel? ie. yellow, red, and blue

Triadic

300

What is the name of the printmaking style that allowed Andy Warhol to make endless versions of his artwork in different colors?

Silkscreen or Screenprint

400

What property of color describes the lightness or darkness of a color?

Value

400

What is the name of the category that has colors like red-orange and blue-green?

Tertiary

400

What colors would you mix to make green?

Blue and yellow

400

What is the name of the color scheme that pairs a color with the colors on either side of their true complementary partner? ie. yellow, blue-purple, and red-purple

Split Complementary

400

What is the name of the artist that famously went through a "blue period" where they only used the color blue?

Pablo Picasso

500

What art term describes the addition of different and unique elements to an artwork in order to create visual interest?

Variety

500

Where does color come from?

Light
500

What colors would you mix to make brown?

Yellow, red, and blue

500

What is the name of the color scheme that pairs 3 or more colors that are neighbors on the color wheel? ie. red, red-orange, and orange

Analogous

500

Name one of the colors that we discussed on Wednesday in "Colors Throughout History".

Red Ochre, Ultramarine, Scheele's Green/Paris Green, Violet/Mauve/Purple, or Vantablack

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