Deck 4: Color

Question 1

Colors that do not contrast strongly with each other,and which are similar in wavelength,are ________ colors.

A) analogous
B) complementary
C) neutral
D) primary
E) grayscale

Answer 1

A

Question 2

When ________ colors are mixed,they make a duller and darker color because more of the visible spectrum is absorbed.

A) optical
B) additive
C) grayscale
D) warm
E) subtractive

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Because additive color mixtures are made using light,they rely heavily on pigment.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The term used for referring to each of the basic colors of the spectrum is ________.

A) complementary
B) secondary
C) hue
D) optical color
E) analogous

Question 5

Colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel are radically different in wavelength and are called ________.

A) tints
B) analogous colors
C) neutrals
D) hues
E) complementary colors

Question 6

This object can be used to separate white light into the colors of the spectrum.

A) color wheel
B) prism
C) electromagnet
D) color chart
E) microscope

Question 7

The traditional primary colors are ________.

A) red, yellow, blue
B) blue, green, yellow
C) green, orange, violet
D) red and blue
E) green and yellow

Question 8

Analogous color combinations can be used to create unity and steer viewers toward a particular attitude or emotion.Mary Cassatt's The Boating Party uses yellow,green,and blue hues to create a ________ and ________ composition.

A) strange . . . uneasy
B) jarring . . . stressful
C) harmonious . . . relaxed
D) tense . . . angry
E) hot . . . erotic

Question 9

This is the most vivid element of art and design.

A) color
B) value
C) shape
D) line
E) mass

Question 10

The element of art that describes the relative lightness or darkness of a hue,compared to another hue,is known as ________.

A) value
B) saturation
C) intensity
D) contrast
E) form

Question 11

Ancient Greek philosophers speculated that color was not a state of matter but a state of mind.What do you think is meant by this statement?

Question 12

Most commercial color printing is achieved using three primary colors and black.These primaries are ________.

A) red, yellow, and blue
B) red, green, and blue
C) cyan, magenta, and yellow
D) orange, green, and purple
E) yellow, green, and blue

Question 13

The sculptor Kane Kwei's Coffin in the Shape of a Cocoa Pod is painted a brilliant orange hue.Why might the artist have exaggerated the brightness of a cocoa pod's natural color for use in this context?

Question 14

If you were to look at a t-shirt that absorbed the colors violet,blue,green,yellow,and orange,what color would the t-shirt appear to be?

A) orange
B) white
C) red
D) green
E) blue

Question 15

Color associations vary by culture.For example,an American bride would probably wear white,while her Asian counterpart might wear ________.

A) black
B) red
C) purple
D) green
E) yellow

Question 16

By using ________ color scheme in his painting Twilight in the Wilderness,Frederic Edwin Church intensified the drama of the vast natural landscape.

A) a Fauvist
B) a neutral
C) an analogous
D) a complementary
E) a primary

Question 17

The artist Vasily Kandinsky advocated the use of primary colors,which cannot be mixed from any other color combination.

Question 18

Physicists have explained that when we see a color,it is the portion of the light spectrum that a surface fails to ________.

A) absorb
B) reflect
C) subtract
D) neutralize
E) lighten

Question 19

A color that is lighter than its basic hue is known as a tint.A color that is darker than its basic hue is called a ________.

A) tint
B) shade
C) neutral
D) monochrome
E) shadow

Question 20

When complementary colors are used next to each other in a composition,they produce a visual anomaly called simultaneous contrast.This visual effect makes the colors appear to ________ along the boundary where the two colors meet.

A) vibrate
B) neutralize
C) disappear
D) darken
E) lighten

Question 21

A color that is almost gray has a ________ saturation.

A) high
B) low
C) medium
D) valuable
E) monochrome

Question 22

We see this type of color when the brain receives so much color information that it is forced to simplify what we perceive.

A) tint
B) complementary color
C) analogous color
D) neutral color
E) optical color

Question 23

Color associations can be both culturally specific and universal.Red is a color that can arouse universal feelings,such as these three:

A) aggression
B) sadness
C) passion
D) decay
E) eroticism
F) cowardice
G) apathy

Question 24

Cecilia Beaux's strong use of the color red in her self-portrait,which was commissioned for the prestigious Uffizi Gallery in Florence,Italy,may have been an expression of ________,related to an event that had happened before she started the project.

A) pain
B) envy
C) sadness
D) fear
E) depression

Question 25

An artwork that uses many hues but only one value is called monochromatic.

Question 26

In Barnett Newman's Vir Heroicus Sublimis,the artist used color to communicate his idealistic vision of the perfectibility of humankind.What does the perfectibility of humankind mean in this context? What does the artist's use of color have to do with this?

Question 27

Color can be used for healing purposes.The ancient Persian philosopher Avicenna believed that looking at the color ________ had beneficial effects.

A) green
B) yellow
C) blue
D) black
E) red

Question 28

Henri Matisse was a member of the ________ movement,a group of artists who were especially focused on using color as intensely as they could.

A) Pre-Raphaelite
B) Impressionist
C) Pop Art
D) Baroque
E) Fauve

Question 29

Color ________ can be relative to the other colors nearby.For example,violet can be warm if we see it next to a hot color like red,or cool if we see it next to a colder color like blue.

A) temperature
B) value
C) tint
D) personality
E) harmony

Question 30

Paul Gauguin's use of the color ________ in his depiction of a crucified Christ enhances the work's connection with the seasons,and expresses a message of optimism and rebirth.

A) red
B) green
C) gray
D) yellow
E) black

Question 31

The varying color tones in Ancient Sound by Paul Klee were intended to be associated with ________.

A) randomness
B) death
C) music
D) personality
E) emotion

Question 32

When a color is associated with hot or cold we refer to this as color ________.

A) personality
B) value
C) tint
D) temperature
E) harmony

Question 33

Why did the ceramist who created the underglaze-painted lamp from the Dome of the Rock,Jerusalem,use green as one of the main colors?

A) green is the best color to use for depicting grass
B) green has positive associations in Islamic art
C) green is the only color permitted for use in Islamic ceramic art
D) the Dome of the Rock has a green-colored theme
E) none of the other answers

Question 34

________ in particular is an element of art that can engage the viewer and express a wide range of emotions.

A) volume
B) texture
C) shape
D) form
E) color

Question 35

The use of strong chromatic color in The Turning Road,L'Estaque by André Derain gives the work a feeling of ________.

A) calm
B) depression
C) energy
D) languor
E) frailty

Question 36

When he experimented with the relationship between adjacent colors,________ showed that the human eye can be deceived by color.

A) Rembrandt
B) Josef Albers
C) Vincent van Gogh
D) Michelangelo
E) Isaac Newton

Question 37

In a letter to his brother Theo,Vincent van Gogh wrote about The Night Café: "I have tried to express with red and green the terrible passions of human nature." Discuss what Van Gogh meant by this statement,and how color helps communicate this idea.

Question 38

We generally associate a color with its purest,most intense state,or its highest level of ________.

A) value
B) tint
C) contrast
D) saturation
E) grayscale

Question 39

The American artist Mark Tansey used ________ color palette when he painted his homage to Cubism titled Picasso and Braque.

A) a neutral
B) a complementary
C) an analogous
D) a monochromatic
E) a vivid

Question 40

The French artist Georges Seurat employed a new technique to create a jewel-like diffusion of light and vibration of color in his work The Circus.This type of painting,made up of small dots of color,is known as ________.

A) pointillism
B) Impressionism
C) Fauvism
D) Luminism
E) Pop art

Question 41

The artist Adrian Kondratowicz was able to elicit a positive emotion from his Harlem community by distributing ________.

A) pink polka-dot trash bags
B) green shamrock-shaped charms
C) gray tweed trousers
D) yellow raincoats
E) black billiard balls