The Color Basics
These three colors cannot be made by mixing other colors.
What are the primary colors?
This film from 1939 is famous for transitioning from sepia-toned Kansas to a vibrant Technicolor Oz.
What is The Wizard of Oz?
This theory divides colors into warm and cool categories to describe their effects on perception.
What is color temperature theory?
This color is often associated with calm, trust, and stability.
What is blue?
This color scheme uses only one color and its tints, tones, and shades.
What is a monochromatic color scheme?
This term refers to the actual name of a color.
What is hue?
The film Blade Runner uses this color scheme, contrasting warm tones with cool tones, to symbolize the journey toward truth and escape from a sterile environment.
What is a complementary color scheme? (Cool blue tones with warm orange tones)
In 1666, this scientist’s experiments with light and prisms laid the foundation for modern color theory.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This color is often linked to energy, warmth, and excitement.
What is red?
This color scheme uses colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.
What is a complementary color scheme?
This term refers to the pureness, vibrancy, or intensity of a color.
What is saturation?
In superhero films, this color is often used for costumes to symbolize purity or virtue, as seen in Superman’s suit.
What is blue?
This natural phenomenon occurs when sunlight is refracted through water droplets, creating a spectrum of colors in the sky.
What is a rainbow?
This color represents nature, growth, and balance.
What is green?
This color scheme uses three colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel.
What is a triadic color scheme?
The category of colors that include green, orange, and purple.
What are the secondary colors?
This type of color photography removes all color information, rendering the image in black, white, and shades of grey.
What is black-and-white photography?
This color model is used for printing and involves subtractive mixing of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.
What is CMYK?
This color is often used to convey sophistication, luxury, and mystery.
What is black?
This color scheme uses colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
What is an analogous color scheme?
This 1979 film uses stark black and white contrasts to reflect themes of good vs. evil in a galaxy far, far away.
What is Star Wars?
This color was historically reserved for royalty due to its expensive production from sea snails.
What is purple?
This bright color often stimulates hunger and is commonly used in fast-food branding.
What is yellow?
This color scheme combines a base color with the two colors adjacent to its complement.
What is a split-complementary color scheme?
This color is created by mixing equal parts of blue and yellow.
What is green?
This popular video game uses a palette of bright, neon colors to create its distinct retro-futuristic aesthetic.
What is Fortnite?
This theory describes the emotional response to combinations of colors, particularly complementary colors.
What is color harmony?
This color symbolizes purity, cleanliness, and simplicity.
What is white?
This color scheme typically uses tints of white, black, and grey.
What is an achromatic color scheme?
This term refers to the lightness or darkness of a color on the wheel.
What is value?
Orange, Green, and Purple create this type of color scheme
In video production, this bright, even color is commonly used as a backdrop to digitally replace the background.
What is green (as in green screen)?
This color represents creativity, enthusiasm, and determination.
What is orange?
This color scheme involves the use of colors that are equally spaced around the color wheel and form a rectangle.
What is a tetradic color scheme (also called a double-complementary color scheme)?
These two primary colors, when mixed, create the secondary color purple.
What are red and blue?
This color is commonly used in horror films to symbolize danger or violence.
What is red?
This artist famously explored color theory through pointillism in works like A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.
Who is Georges Seurat?
This color is often linked to wealth, wisdom, and extravagance.
What is purple?
This color scheme uses colors like red, orange, and yellow.
What is a warm color scheme?
Colors on the right side of the color wheel that have more yellow in them.
What are warm colors?
This movie director is known for using black-and-white contrast in films like Schindler’s List to emphasize the emotional weight of specific scenes.
Who is Steven Spielberg?
This phenomenon occurs when light waves bend as they pass through a prism, separating into a spectrum of colors.
What is refraction?
This soft, neutral color is associated with reliability, dependability, and practicality.
What is brown?
This color scheme uses colors like blue, green, and violet.
What is a cool color scheme?
Mixing equal parts of all three additive primary colors (red, green, and blue) creates this color.
What is white?
This director is known for using pastel color palettes in films like The Grand Budapest Hotel and Moonrise Kingdom.
Who is Wes Anderson
This period in art history, known for naturalism, saw the introduction of oil paints, which allowed for more vibrant and realistic color use.
What is the Renaissance?
This color can be used to evoke feelings of sadness, isolation, or calm, depending on its shade.
What is grey?
This color scheme relies on subtle variations in color that appear more muted and desaturated.
What is a neutral color scheme?