QUIZ: WOW! - COLOR THEORY

What is the circular chart that shows a color's relationship to other colors?

• Color Wheel

• Color Spectrum

• Color Palette

• Color Chart

• Color Picker

Equal parts of one primary color and one secondary color creates (a)   .

• Tertiary color
• Primary color

• Secondary color

• Complementary color

• Analogous color

Which of the following terms describes FIGURE 3 in the image below?

• Saturation

• Hue

• Value

• Brightness

• Contrast

Answer explanation

Saturation refers to the intensity or purity of a color. It describes how bright or dull a color appears, with high saturation representing vivid, intense colors and low saturation representing muted, dull colors.

​ (a)   colors are neighboring colors on the color wheel that are always extremely harmonious.

• Analogous
• Triadic

• Monochromatic

• Complementary
• Split Complementary

The image below illustrates what kind of color relationship?

• Complementary

• Analogous

• Triadic

• Split-Complementary

• Monochromatic

The primary colors are:​ ​ ​

• Orange, Red, Yellow

• Blue, Red, Yellow

• Blue, Orange, Red

• Green, Red, Yellow

• Black, Green, Violet

Answer explanation

Primary colors are colors that cannot be created by other colors.

Colors directly across from each other on the color wheel are ___________.

• complementary colors

• analogous colors

• primary colors

• secondary colors

• monochromatic colors

Which term describes FIGURE 2 in the image below?

Answer explanation

Value explains the lightness or darkness of a color, essentially how light or dark a shade or tone appears. For instance, the color blue can go to as dark as navy blue to as light as sky blue.

Identify the color scheme used in this magazine cover design:

• Complementary

• Analogous

• Triadic

• Monochromatic

• Split Complementary

Which color harmony uses different shades or tints of the same color on the color wheel?

• Complementary

• Monochromatic

• Analogous

• Triadic

• Split Complementary