Texture and Color Quiz

What is the term used to describe the surface quality of an artwork?

• Color

• Texture

• Shape

• Form

Which type of texture is primarily used in two-dimensional works of art?

• Actual texture

• Implied texture

• Rough texture

• Smooth texture

What is the main goal of artists from the Northern Renaissance and the Dutch Golden Age regarding texture?

• To use bright colors

• To excel at telling the truth about the material world

• To create abstract art

• To focus on digital art

What technique is Rembrandt van Rijn well known for using in his paintings?

• Watercolor

• Impasto

• Pointillism

• Cubism

Which element of design is noted as the most prominent and subjective in art?

• Line

• Shape

• Color

• Texture

What are the three broad categories into which the study of color can be grouped?

• History of color, physics of color, and perception of color

• History of color, chemistry of color, and perception of color

• Physics of color, chemistry of color, and perception of color

• History of color, physics of color, and chemistry of color

What was a distinctive hue used on statues, walls, and monuments in ancient Egypt?

• Egyptian blue

• Roman purple

• Renaissance red

• Greek green

Which ancient Greek philosopher thought that color fell into four categories: white/light, dark/black, yellow, and red?

• Empedocles

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Socrates

According to Leon Battista Alberti, what are the four true colors?

What happens to white light when it is passed through a prism?

• It is absorbed into the prism

• It is refracted into the colors of the rainbow

• It is reflected back as white light

• It is scattered into random colors