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Arts and Crafts: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Colors (Questions)

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As an introduction to artistic techniques, studying art and design often begins with a good understanding of color. This learning may begin with understanding primary and secondary colors and progress to experimenting with color mixing and working with complimentary and contrasting colors, before going on to look at different artistic techniques.

1. What are the three primary colors?
[ ] Black, white and gray
[ ] Red, yellow and blue
[ ] Pink, purple and orange
[ ] Green, brown and silver
2. Orange, green and violet are known as what?
[ ] Secondary colors
[ ] Primary colors
[ ] High school colors
[ ] College colors
3. How are tertiary colors made?
[ ] By putting all the colors in a line
[ ] By mixing every color together
[ ] By choosing from a color chart
[ ] By mixing a secondary color with one of the primary colors it is made from
4. Red, yellow, blue, orange, green and violet are usually arranged on a color what?
[ ] A color square
[ ] A color cube
[ ] A color wheel
[ ] A color sphere
5. Colors which are opposite each other on the color wheel are known as what?
[ ] Complementary
[ ] Companion
[ ] Countryside
[ ] Comfortable
6. To make a color darker, you can add which other paint?
[ ] White
[ ] Orange
[ ] Black
[ ] Pink
7. To make a color lighter, you can add which other paint?
[ ] White
[ ] Black
[ ] Grey
[ ] Blue
8. A set of tints and shades of the same color is also known as what?
[ ] A color wheel
[ ] A paint palette
[ ] Monochrome
[ ] Quite dull
9. Reds, oranges and yellows are sometimes called what?
[ ] Spicy colors
[ ] Heated colors
[ ] Radiator colors
[ ] Warm colors
10. Colors which are next to each other on the color wheel are described as what?
[ ] Harmonious
[ ] Argumentative
[ ] Clashing
[ ] Monochromatic
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Arts and Crafts: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Colors (Answers)
1. What are the three primary colors?
[ ] Black, white and gray
[x] Red, yellow and blue
[ ] Pink, purple and orange
[ ] Green, brown and silver
Primary colors are the only colors which cannot be made by mixing two other colors
2. Orange, green and violet are known as what?
[x] Secondary colors
[ ] Primary colors
[ ] High school colors
[ ] College colors
Secondary colors are made by mixing two of the primary colors together
3. How are tertiary colors made?
[ ] By putting all the colors in a line
[ ] By mixing every color together
[ ] By choosing from a color chart
[x] By mixing a secondary color with one of the primary colors it is made from
For example, green can be mixed with one of its primary colors, blue, to give blue-green
4. Red, yellow, blue, orange, green and violet are usually arranged on a color what?
[ ] A color square
[ ] A color cube
[x] A color wheel
[ ] A color sphere
The color wheel shows the colors and their relationships to each other
5. Colors which are opposite each other on the color wheel are known as what?
[x] Complementary
[ ] Companion
[ ] Countryside
[ ] Comfortable
Complementary colors can be used together and produce a contrast
6. To make a color darker, you can add which other paint?
[ ] White
[ ] Orange
[x] Black
[ ] Pink
The new color is then known as a shade of the original
7. To make a color lighter, you can add which other paint?
[x] White
[ ] Black
[ ] Grey
[ ] Blue
The lighter color is then called a 'tint' of the original
8. A set of tints and shades of the same color is also known as what?
[ ] A color wheel
[ ] A paint palette
[x] Monochrome
[ ] Quite dull
An example of this would be red, pink and white
9. Reds, oranges and yellows are sometimes called what?
[ ] Spicy colors
[ ] Heated colors
[ ] Radiator colors
[x] Warm colors
Blues, violets and greens are often called cool colors
10. Colors which are next to each other on the color wheel are described as what?
[x] Harmonious
[ ] Argumentative
[ ] Clashing
[ ] Monochromatic
Harmonious colors go well together, like yellow and orange