🟦 Color Theory Basics
These are the three primary colors
What is Red, Blue, Yellow?
Which color is often used for excitement or passion?
What is Red?
Which color(s) would you use for a poster about a fun carnival?
What are Bright warm colors (red, orange, yellow)?
What is the most used tool in Photoshop?
What is the move tool?
Warm or cool? → Fire truck
What is warm color?
Which colors are made by mixing two primary colors?
What are Secondary colors?
Which color shows calm, trust, or stability?
What is Blue?
Which color should you avoid if you want your design to feel fun and exciting?
What are Dull/neutral colors like gray or brown?
Which tool lets you add text to a design?
What is the Type (Text) tool?
Which two colors would you mix to make purple?
What is Red + Blue?
This visual guide is divided into sections of colors and is used to understand how hues relate to each other in design.
What is the Color Wheel?
What mood does yellow usually give off?
What is Happiness or Optimism?
If a movie poster is about a scary film, what type of colors might a designer choose to create the right mood?
What are dark colors like black, deep red, or dark purple?
What tool lets you organize, edit, and arrange different parts of your design separately?
What is Layer's Panel?
A poster feels too dark and serious. What’s one color you could add to brighten it up?
Yellow, orange, or another bright warm color
What do we call colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel?
What are Analogous colors?
Why might a designer use green in an environmental logo?
What is to symbolize nature, growth, or freshness?
Which color is often linked to creativity and friendliness, and is commonly used to grab attention without being as intense as red?
What is Orange?
The default file format for Photoshop projects.
What is PSD?
What do we call a color scheme that uses only one color and its tints, tones, and shades?
What is a Monochromatic color scheme?
What do we call colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel?
What are Complementary colors?
Why would black and gold be chosen for a luxury brand?
Black = elegance/sophistication, Gold = wealth/luxury.
If a poster is designed mainly with blue and gray, what kind of mood or feeling will it give to the audience?
What is calm, professional, or serious?
The file format most often used for web images with transparency.
What is PNG?
This color scheme uses one main color and the two colors on either side of its opposite on the color wheel. What is it called?
What is a Split Complementary color scheme?