The First Colors
After 1st comes 2nd
Color Schemes
Color Theory
Random Color Questions
100

What are the Primary Colors?

What are Red, Yellow, and Blue

100

What are the secondary colors?

Orange, Green, and Violet

100

What are the three warm colors?

Red, Yellow, and Orange

100

Colors that create a feeling of warmth and energy. They advance in space and stand out.

Warm Colors

100

Define the word tint.

A color and white mixed together.

200

Why are the primary colors called primary?

What is colors that create all other colors.  You cannot create these colors by mixing anyother colors together.

200

What is red + yellow?

Orange

200

What is the color scheme called; 2 colors opposite from each other on the color wheel?

Complementary Color Scheme

200

Earthy colors that do not appear on the color wheel. They include black , brown, and grey.

Neutral Colors

200

Define the word Shade.

A color and black mixed together.

300

What is another name for the word color?

What is a hue.

300

What is yellow + blue?

Green

300

Colors that create a calm and peaceful mood. They appear to recede into space.

Bonus Question for an extra 100 points:  Name them

Cool Colors


Blue, Green, and Violet

300

Give an example of an Analogous color scheme. 

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Red, Red-Orange, Orange

300

What is the color scheme term; tints and shades of one color?

Monochromatic Color Scheme

400

What happens when you mix 2 primary colors?

A secondary color is formed

400

What is red + blue?

Violet

400

What is the color scheme for 3 colors next to each other on the color wheel?

Analogous Colors

400

How do you make tertiary colors?

Mixing 1 Primary and 1 Secondary colors together.

400

What happens when you mix 1 primary and 1 secondary color together?

Bonus Question worth an extra 100 points: Give an example of one using correct vocabulary.

A tertiary color is formed.

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500

The lightness or darkness of a color is called what?

Value

500

What is another name for Violet?

Purple

500

A circular diagram which shows the organization of different colors and their relationship to each other.

What is the color wheel.

500

Name the three sets of complementary colors.

Green and Red

Blue and Orange

Yellow and Violet

500

Name the color wheel colors in order starting with yellow.

Yellow, yellow-orange, orange, red-orange, red, red-violet, violet, blue-violet, blue, blue-green, green, yellow-green