Color Jeopardy (CNPV)

Basic Color Physics

Color Vocabulary

Color Interactions

The Color Wheel

Color and Meaning...

100

What type of colors cannot be mixed from two other colors?

A. Cool colors

B. Secondary colors

C. Primary colors

D. Warm colors

C. Primary Colors

100

What is the circular arrangement of the colors of the visible spectrum called?

A. The color clock

B. The color map

C. The color plate

D. The color wheel

100

What are ground up colored materials, such as powdered minerals, that are suspended in a medium (such as oil or acrylic) to make a paint?

A. Glitter

B. Makeup

C. Pigments

D. Chalk

C. Pigments

100

What is the name of the type of colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel?

A. Complementary colors

B. Secondary Colors

C. Strangers

D. Yellow and Purple

A. Complementary colors

100

What color were the bricks in The Wizard of Oz?

A. Green

B. Orange

C. Red

D. Yellow

200

Name three secondary colors.

A. Red, Yellow, Blue

B. Green, Orange and Purple

C. Black, White, Grey

D. Aquamarine, Chartreuse, Magenta

B. Green, Orange and Purple

200

What is a name of a color family or an area on the color spectrum?

A. Grayscale

B. The Johnsons

C. Hues

D. Left

C. Hues

200

What is an intensely colored compound that dissolves in a medium, (usually water) and is absorbed by the material it touches?

A. Saturation

B. Dye

C. Flour

D. Kool-Aid

B. Dye

200

What is the name of several colors adjacent on the color wheel with harmonious effects?

A. Matching colors

B. Analogous colors

C. Tertiary colors

D. Complementary colors

B. Analogous colors

200

What colors are considered to be relaxing?

A. Green, blue, white, neutrals

B. Red, orange, black

C. Purple, lemon, neon green

D. Browns

A. Green, blue, white, neutrals

300

What is the name of the kind of colors produced when mixing Primary and Secondary Colors?

A. Monochromatic colors

B. Primary colors

C. Blue colors

D. Tertiary colors

300

What do you call a series of progressively changing values from light to dark or dark to light?

A. Pentatonic scale

B. Brightness

C. Grayscale

D. The value scale

300

The ______ of a color is when white and/or black is added to it.

A. Tint, shade, and tone

B. Brightness, shadow, saturation

C. Baritone, tenor, soprano

D. Huey, dewey, and louis

A. Tint, shade, and tone

300

What is it called when when complimentary colors are placed next to appear more intense?

A. Paired up

B. Twinning

C. Opposites

D. Contrast

300

What do you call a color that invokes cultural meanings, which can vary with time and place?

A. Metallic colors

B. Sad colors

C. Symbolic colors

D. Neon colors

C. Symbolic colors

400

How would you describe a color that prevents any underlying color from showing through?

A. Dark

B. Transparent

C. Opal

D. Opaque

400

What is the strength or weakness of a color?

A. Intensity or saturation

B. Brightness or darkness

C. Small or big

D. Loud or quiet

A. Intensity or saturation

400

What is a series of variations of one color?

A. Monochromatic

B. Unochromatic

C. Rainbow

D. Secondary Colors

A. Monochromatic

400

What are hues that lack strong saturation and hue, often appearing subtle and muted?

A. Neutrals

B. Brights

C. Warm colors

D. Standard colors

A. Neutrals

400

What flower is often the symbol for love?

A. White daisy

B. Red rose

C. Purple tulip

D. Pink rose

B. Red rose

500

How would you describe a color that allows underlying colors to show through?

A. Cool color

B. Transparent

C. Light

D. Opaque

B. Transparent

500

What do we call the appearance of objects and light sources that may be described in terms of hue, lightness, and saturation?

A. Taste

B. Hologram

C. Photograph

D. Color

500

What is the optical effect of an image that continues to appear in the eyes after exposure to the original image?

A. Eye jitter

B. Hermann grid

C. An afterimage

D. Leftovers

C. An afterimage

Stare at black dot for 20 seconds, then look at white/light background.

500

Who invented the color wheel?

A. Steve

B. Isaac Newton

C. William Shakespeare

D. Galileo

B. Isaac Newton

500

What is it called when colors are separated when light is shone through a prism?

A. Blending colors

B. Reflection due to each color's transparency

C. The color spectrum

D. Dispersion due to each color's refractive index