Color Wheel Check #1

How do you make the color Blue?

• You cannot make the color blue

• Mix green and yellow

• Mix red and violet

• Mix red, white, and violet

Answer explanation

Since blue is one of the primary colors, you cannot make it by mixing other colors together

What is an example of a tertiary color?

• Blue-orange

• Blue-green

• Green-blue

• Red-green

Answer explanation

Blue-Green is a tertiary color, because it is the hue inbetween blue and green on the color wheel.

How do you get the shade of a color?

• Add blue

• Add white

• Add Black

• Add nothing

Answer explanation

To get the shade, you add black to a color. Think adding black will make it darker-when you put the "shades" down over your window, it gets darker.

What you would you add to make a tint of red?

• Black

• Violet

• Green

• White

Answer explanation

To make a tint, you add white. Opposite of shade, "Just a tint lighter"

What is the name for three colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel?

• Secondary colors

• Primary Colors

• Tertiary Colors

• Analogous Colors

Answer explanation

Analogous. Think analog clock and how the numbers sit next to each other. Or pull out the word "log" and remember three colors sitting on a log next to each other.