BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ABSORB ANY LIGHT BUT REFLECTS ALL THE PARTS OF THE WHITE LIGHT.
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What is an example of a hue?
RED, GREEN, BLUE...
100
True or false: Primary colours are produced by mixing other colours
FALSE
100
Is orange a warm or cold colour?
WARM
200
What colours make up the colour spectrum (in order)?
RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO, VIOLET
200
Why are houses in cold climates made out of dark materials?
BECAUSE THE DARK COLOUR ABSORBS THE SUN'S LIGHT AND HEAT, WARMING THE HOUSE.
200
What are the three properties we use to describe a colour?
HUE, VALUE AND CHROMA (SATURATION)
200
What are the primary colours in the additive colour system?
RED, GREEN AND BLUE
200
What sensation is created in a composition that uses complementary colours together?
Hint: it starts with c...
CONTRAST
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Where is colour produced?
IN OUR BRAIN
300
What is the powder called that, when combined with a binder, creates paint?
PIGMENTS
300
Does a highly saturated colour have other colours added to it?
NO, IT IS THE PURE COLOR
300
In the additive colour system, what is produced when all the coloured lights are combined: black or white?
WHITE
300
What kind of colour harmony is Kate wearing today?
ANALOGOUS HARMONY
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_________ is the name for what happens when white light shines through a prism and splits into different colours.
REFRACTION
400
How old is Kate?
23
400
_______ refers to the degree of intensity or purity of a colour.
CHROMA OR SATURATION
400
True or false: in the subtractive colour system, when an object absorbs all the light illuminating it, all light is reflected back to the viewer and it appears white.
FALSE, NO LIGHT IS REFLECTED BACK AND IT APPEARS BLACK.
400
In Analogous Harmony, are the colours similar to or different from each other? Give an example.
SIMILAR. ORANGE AND RED.
500
What is Kate's favourite colour?
Hint: It's a cold colour.
BLUE
500
What is the purpose of a binder?
TO MAKE THE COLOUR PARTICLES STICK TOGETHER (IN PAINT)
500
Which colours are more intense: those that are saturated or those that are unsaturated?
SATURATED
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Are photographs an example of the additive or subtractive colour system? Explain why.
SUBTRACTIVE, BECAUSE IT CREATES COLOUR BY ABSORBING CERTAIN WAVELENGTHS OF COLOUR WHILE REFLECTING OTHER WAVELENGTHS BACK TO THE VIEWER.
500
What is the purposed of the colour wheel?
TO ORGANIZE THE BASIC COLOURS ACCORDING TO THEIR CHANGES IN HUE.