Color Theory quizzes for final
The commission International D'Eclairage was established in
1931
What percentage of our choice when purchasing an item is based on color
60%
When deciding to make a purchase, a person will choose the product based on its color within
90 seconds
Dogs and cats are able to see
A limited range of colors
The school that Albers and Itten taught at in Germany was the
Bauhaus
The gem lapis was ground into what color pigment
Blue
Le Blon developed which other primary color cystem
CMYK
The concept of visual color mixing was developed by
Chevreul
Goethe based much of his color theories on
Color psychology
One of the first color tests to determine personality traits and disorders was developed by
Dr. Max Luscher
T/F: Color is always the primary concern for all art movements
False
The color theorist to state that shadows are colored and not gray was
Goethe
The post-impressionists such as Manet were influenced in their use of flat planes of color by
Japanese prints
The first theorist to place the hues in a circular arrangement was
Newton
An artist known for his use of monochromatic painting is
Picasso
The work of OGden Rood influenced which artist
Seurat
Which artist is best known for his use of visual color mixing
Seurat
Which artist is known for his use of visual color mixing?
Seurat
The visible spectrum is made up of
Seven colors
Color "perception is best definies as
The attempt to understand visual stimulus
Which is the most accurate statement about light and its effect on the color of objects?
The color will vary at different times of the day
Sir Isaac Newton developed the concept of
The colors of the visible spectrum (ROYGBIV)
When working with visual color mixing which statement is tru
The dots of color must touch each other
T/F the Retinex theory states that colors are not determined in isolation
True
T/F: Color field painting was directly concerned with the application of color to the canvas
True
T/F: Neo-Expressionism was primarily a European import from Germany and Italy
True
T/F: Some art movements rejected using a brush to apply paint
True
The color associated with the Virgin Mary's traits of piety, truth, and goodness have been assigned to which modern day, mass-produced equivalent
Ultramarine blue
Which is not a primary color system
VMYK
Tungsten light (low Kelvin temp) brings out
Warm color ranges, such as yellow and orange
Munsell is best known for developing his "color tree" which is
a 3-d color model
A shade of a color is
a hue plus black
A tint of a color is
a hue plus white
If you mix two complementary colors, you will get
a neutral color
Using dark, desaturated colors typically convey which emotional feelings
a sad, somber mood
A monochromatic color scheme is
a single hue of color
The Adobe color picker is based on
a solid color cube
Warm hues make objects appear to ??? on the picture plane
advance
Bright, saturated colors appear to
advance in space
As objects recede into space, they loose color and saturation; this is known as
atmospheric perspective
When surrounded by a heavy black outline, a hue will visually appear to
be contained
The color scheme most normally associated with danger, caution, and poison is
black and yellow
Fluorescent light (high Kelvin temp) brings out
cool color ranges, such as blue and violet
Using pink for girls and blue for boys in children's clothing is an example of a
cultural color response
People in the higher economic brackets tend to prefer and respond favorably to
darker, less saturated hues
The CIE LAB model was most important in terms of the creation and application of
digital color
The color personality test or diagnostic tool was made up of
eight colors
Color triads are ??? in relation to the color wheel
equal distances from each other
Colors tetrads are ??? in relation to the color wheel
equal distances from each other
The colors on the color wheel are spaced
equal distances from each other
T/F: The Retinex theory states that colors do not change in relation to one another, but remain constant
false
T/F: Warm hues appear to recede in space
false
T/F: We recognize the name of the product name before we recognize the color
false
In color field painting, imagery was replaced with
flat, solid areas of color
When we change the color of an object, we can drastically alter its
function, meaning, use
Using bright, saturated colors typically convey which emotional feeligs
happy, upbeat mood
Using color without regard to its natural or local color is known as
heightened color
Chevreul described three main elements or attributes of color. They are
hue, saturation, and value
The school of art that used complementary hues as an important aspect of their work was the
impressionists
Each hue has its corresponding or related value. This is known as the
inherent value
Another term for saturation is
intensity, purity, chroma
A quaternary color is made up of an
intermediate hue mixed with a primary hue/ intermediate hue mixed with a secondary hue
In atmospheric perspective, as items recede on the picture plane, they
lose detail, lose texture, lose saturation
Munsell's work was used widely in developing standards for
manufacturing
Color forecasting develops specific palettes for
manufacturing industries
Color deficiency, or as it is commonly known, "color blindness," occurs
more commonly in men
Aristotle based his color palette on
natural elements
Achromatic color is
no color at all
OpArt as a movement was concerned with
optical illusions
A color that might be used to enhance the taste of sweetness in any food or food packaging
pink
Vincent van Gogh was a member of which group
post-impressionist
Neo-Expressionsim art was controversial due to the questionable aspects of
quality and "hyped" commercialization
Cool hues make objects appear to ??? on the picture plane
recede
Dull, low saturated colors appear to
recede in space
The reason we see a particular color of an object is because the color light waves are
reflected back to us
The cones in your eye
see color
The rods in your eye
see values, black, grays, and white
People in lower economic brackets tend to prefer and respond favorably to
simple, bright hues
Afterimage is also known as
successive contrast
Local color can best be defined as
the actual color of an object
A hue is
the actual name of the color
When working with visual color mixing
the dots of color must touch each other
The impressionists were concerned with
the effect of light on color
Chromophobia is defined as
the fear of color and its use
A tone of a color is
the hue plus gray
Analogous hues (v. similar hues) have ??? contrast of any of the color harmonies
the least
Itten favored rectilinear design in a grid format because he believed that
the most evident reaction of hues was at their edges
Luminosity can best be defined as
the perceived light given off by an object, the light emanating from an object, the light given off by an object
Jacob Cristoph LeBlon is credited with developing the theory of
the primary color system (blue, yellow, and red)
Edwin Land developed a theory on psychological color perception known as
the retinex theory
The main limitation of the Internet as an artistic medium is
the size of the monitor
The color wheel is made up of
three primaries, three secondaries, and six intermediate colors
When scanning the shelves, shoppers recognize the product they wish to purchase in
under a second
Pointillism was chiefly involved with
visual color mixing
Rhodopsin is also known as
visual purple
If you opened a fast food restaurant, which colors would most likely encourage people to eat more
yellow and orange
Visual color mixing is when
your eye perceives a mix of the colors placed next to each other
Analogous colors are
colors next to each other on the color wheel
Complementary colors are
colors opposite each other on the color wheel
The incident beam
comes from the light source and hits the object
